Sagadahoc County, Maine

Founding: 1854
Parent county: Lincoln

Namesake: An alternative name for the Kennebec River
Seat: Bath (1854–)

Land area: 254 square miles

Population (2020): 36,699

Population (historic): 21,790 (1860); 19,272 (1880); 20,330 (1900); 16,927 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1910s; 1930s; 1970–1990

Subdivisions: One city; nine towns; one territory

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,037 (26.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,355
Average outbuilding value (1930): $826
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 852
Average farm size (1920): 39.8 acres
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Bath

Namesake: Bath, England

Founding: 1781 (founding); 1790 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,766

Population (historic): 949 (1790); 5,141 (1840); 7,371 (1870); 10,477 (1900); 9,110 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1850; 1880–1900; 1910s; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,591 (58.2%)
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