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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