Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Founding: 1695
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Nantucket Island
Seat: Nantucket (1695–)

Land area: 48 square miles

Population (2020): 14,255

Population (historic): 4,555 (1790); 9,012 (1840); 4,123 (1870); 3,006 (1900); 3,678 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1830s; 1920s; 1970–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: One town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,796 (14.5%)
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28%

Housing in disrepair (1940): 1.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $5,748
Average outbuilding value (1930): $5,578
Number of farms (1920): 24
Average farm size (1920): 65.5 acres
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Nantucket

Namesake: A Wampanoag word of uncertain meaning

Founding: circa 1660 (founding as Sherburne); 1671 (incorporation); 1792 (post office)

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