County · code 55119
Taylor CountyWisconsin
Taylor County is a county in Wisconsin with its seat in Medford, formed in 1875.
- Founded1875
- County seatMedford
- Named forWilliam Robert Taylor
- Land area975 sq mi + 9.5 sq mi water
- Population19,913 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped25,650 checked 14 October 2026
Where it is
Taylor on the map of Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 72 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Founded in 1875
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Taylor County was created from Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, and Marathon counties on March 9, 1875, and named after William Robert Taylor. Price County was attached to Taylor in 1879 for judicial purposes, then fully organized and detached in 1882.
- 1875Taylor County created Taylor created from Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, and Marathon. · Wis. Laws 1875, ch. 178, secs. 1-3, 11/pp. 297-300
- 1879Changed Price attached to Taylor "for all judicial purposes." · Wis. Laws 1879, ch. 103, secs. 1-3, 19/pp. 99-105
- 1882Changed Price fully organized, detached from Taylor. · Wis. Laws 1882, ch. 34, secs. 1, 6/p. 97
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Taylor
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 25,650 parcels from Wisconsin DOA, Wisconsin Land Information Program, with the State Cartographer's Office (V12 Statewide Parcels). Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 30 June 2026 · checked 14 October 2026 -
Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Taylor County yet.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Taylor by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Who to ask before you build, dig or sell
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.
Zoning and code
County government
- County government
The official website of Taylor County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Taylor County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Taylor County
- When was Taylor County founded?
- Taylor County was founded in 1875, and named after William Robert Taylor.
- What is the county seat of Taylor County?
- The county seat of Taylor County is Medford.
- Is there an online parcel map for Taylor County?
- Yes. Wisconsin DOA, Wisconsin Land Information Program, with the State Cartographer's Office (V12 Statewide Parcels) publishes a parcel map of 25,650 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Taylor County's boundary or name changed?
- Taylor County was created in 1875. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 2 later changes, chiefly involving Price County.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Taylor County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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