Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Founding: 1714
Parent county: Burlington

Namesake: Robert Hunter, New Jersey governor
Seat: Flemington (1785–)

Land area: 428 square miles

Population (2020): 128,947

Population (historic): 20,153 (1790); 31,060 (1830); 33,654 (1860); 34,507 (1900); 34,728 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1880; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one city; ten boroughs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,441 (18.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 46.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,600
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,075
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,795
Average farm size (1920): 68.3 acres
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Flemington

Namesake: Samuel Fleming, local resident

Founding: pre-1785 (founding); 1795 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,876

Population (historic): 1,174 (1860); 1,751 (1880); 2,145 (1900); 2,729 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920s; 1940–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 682 (34.4%)
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