Kent County, Maryland

Founding: 1642
Parent county: St. Mary's

Namesake: Kent, England
Seat: New Yarmouth (1642–1697); Chestertown (1697–)

Land area: 277 square miles

Population (2020): 19,198

Population (historic): 12,836 (1790); 10,842 (1840); 17,102 (1870); 18,786 (1900); 14,242 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1830–1880; 1890s; 1940–2010

Subdivisions: Five towns; seven CDPs

National Register listings: 42

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,505 (23.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,972
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,692

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,032
Average farm size (1920): 128.6 acres

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Chestertown

Namesake: The Chester River

Founding: pre-1697 (founding); 1706 (platting); 1776 (post office); 1805 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,532

Population (historic): 1,539 (1860); 2,359 (1880); 3,008 (1900); 2,809 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 685 (30.5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Airy Hill / John Rowles House (c. 1795). 7909 Airy Hill Road. Federal.
2. *Rose Hill / Anthony Banning Farm (c. 1785). 9818 Augustine Herman Highway. Georgian.
3. *Richard Gresham House (c. 1800). 10751 Augustine Herman Highway.
4. *Daniel Perkins House (1721). 11154 Augustine Herman Highway.
5. *Merritt Farm (c. 1880). 12711 Augustine Herman Highway. Gothic Revival.
6. *Benjamin Beck Farm (1850). 7060 Broad Neck Road. Greek Revival.
7. *Brampton / Henry Carville Farm (c. 1860). 25227 Chestertown Road. Italianate.
8. *Morton Hall / William Griffith House (c. 1860). 14416 Foxhole Road. Italianate.
9. *Rich Hill / Alexander Baird Farm (c. 1753). 33340 Galena–Sassafras Road.
10. *Handy Point / Marmaduke Tilden House (c. 1785). 22607 Handy Point Road. Georgian.
11. *Lauretum / Harrison Vickers House (1881). 954 High Street. Eastlake.
12. *Hinchingham / James Frisby House (1774). 20874 Hinchingham Lane.
13. *Violet Farm / James Ringgold House Ruins (1762). 7260 Hynson Rogers Road. Georgian.
14. *Carvill Hall / John Carvill House (c. 1700). 10250 John Carvill Road.
15. *Pearce Lamb Farm (c. 1700/1733). 27005 Lamb's Meadow Road.
16. *Thomas Kennard Farm (c. 1855). 27414 Lamb's Meadow Road. Italianate.
17. *Maple Grove / Laurence Strong House (c. 1860). Maple Grove Road, south of Langford Road. Italianate. Razed.
18. *Maple Lawn / Anthony Johnson Farm (c. 1880). 13870 Massey Road. Italianate. Razed.
19. *Fellowship Farm / James Jones Farm (c. 1860). 32103 Millington Road. Italianate.
20. *Mount Hermon / William Thomas Farm (1794–1795). 29420 Morgnec Road. Federal.
21. *Thornton / Philip Brooks Farm (1788). 10618 Perkins Hill Road. Georgian.
22. *Gray's Inn Point Farm / Thomas Gresham House (c. 1800). 4532 Piney Neck Road. Federal.
23. *Providence / Trew House (1781). 24091 Providence Plantation Lane. Federal.
24. *Radcliffe Cross / Sudler–Spencer House (c. 1770/1850). 8036 Quaker Neck Road. Italianate.
25. *Samuel Wilkins Farm (c. 1885). 6550 Quaker Neck Road. Italianate. Razed.
26. *St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1711–1713). 7579 Sandy Bottom Road. Georgian.
27. *Woodland Hall / Wright–Woodland Farm (c. 1782/1857–1858). 13111 Shallcross Wharf Road. Italianate.
28. *Shepherd's Delight / James Tilghman Farm (c. 1770/1810). 11818 Still Pond Road.
29. *Knock's Folly / Donaldson Yeates House (c. 1753/1796). 13689 Turner's Creek Road. Federal.
30. *The Reward / Charles Tilden Farm (c. 1745). 24031 Walnut Point Road.
31. *Shorewood / Alexander Wilson House (c. 1860). 32180 Wilson Point Road. Italianate.