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

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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