Franklin County, Maine

Founding: 1838
Parent counties: Kennebec, Oxford, and Somerset

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: Farmington (1838–)

Land area: 1,697 square miles

Population (2020): 29,456

Population (historic): 20,801 (1840); 20,403 (1860); 18,180 (1880); 18,444 (1900); 19,941 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: 17 towns; four plantations; three CDPs; five territories

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,027 (22.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 79.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 30.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,267
Average outbuilding value (1930): $915
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,849
Average farm size (1920): 52.1 acres
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Farmington

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1781 (settlement); 1794 (incorporation); 1797 (post office)

Population (2020): 7,592

Population (historic): 942 (1800); 2,613 (1840); 3,251 (1870); 3,288 (1900); 3,600 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1850s; 1920s; 1940s; 1960–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 766 (50.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Oliver Newman Farm (1824/1860s). 434 Carthage Road. Carthage.
2. Francis Tufts House (c. 1810). Farmington Falls Road, west of Dump Road. Farmington. Federal.
3. Edwin Norton Farm (c. 1840). 120 Nordica Lane. Farmington.
4. Farm (c. 1810). 16 Old Jay Hill Road. Jay. Federal.
5. William McCleary Farm (c. 1828). 615 South Strong Road. Strong. Federal.

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