Garrett County, Maryland

Founding: 1872
Parent county: Allegany

Namesake: John Garrett, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president
Seat: Oakland (1872–)

Land area: 647 square miles

Population (2020): 28,806

Population (historic): 12,175 (1880); 17,701 (1900); 19,908 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1940; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Eight towns; seven CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,607 (13.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $963
Average outbuilding value (1930): $846
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,810
Average farm size (1920): 62.3 acres
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Oakland

Namesake: Unknown—probably a descriptive name

Founding: 1854 (post office); 1862 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,851

Population (historic): 910 (1880); 1,170 (1900); 1,583 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920s; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 409 (40.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ridgely Farm (c. 1817). 1012 Baker Road.
2. James Drane Log House (c. 1800). End of Cemetery Lane, east of Accident.
3. Edward Barnard Log House (1832). 2906 Chestnut Grove Road. Razed.
4. John Williams House (1888). 4990 Maryland Highway. Queen Anne.
5. Henry Fuller Log House (c. 1815). 8751 National Pike.
6. Jesse Tomlinson Inn (1818). 12871 National Pike.
7. Johnson House (c. 1875). 19847 National Pike. Second Empire. Razed.
8. Thomas Wilson Log House (c. 1820). 545 Old Wilson Road.
9. Farm (1858). 1348 River Road.
10. John Beckman Log House (c. 1845). 2578 Swanton Road. Razed.
11. Glamorgan / Henry Weber House (1898–1904). 317 Weber Road. Shingle.
12. William Brown Farm (c. 1885). 2324 Wilson–Corona Road. Shingle.

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