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

National Register listings: 49

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.