Somerset County, Maryland

Founding: 1666
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Somerset, England
Seat: Ilchester (1675–1683); Unity (1683–1694); Dividing Creek (1694–1747); Princess Anne (1747–)
Land area: 320 square miles
Population (2020): 24,620
Population (historic): 15,310 (1790); 19,508 (1840); 18,190 (1870); 25,923 (1900); 23,382 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810s; 1840–1860; 1870–1890; 1980s
Subdivisions: One city; one town; nine CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,158 (18.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,418
Average outbuilding value (1930): $786
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,820
Average farm size (1920): 38.9 acres
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Princess Anne

 
Namesake: Anne of Orange, British princess
Founding: 1733 (founding); 1792 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,446
Population (historic): 805 (1870); 865 (1890); 1,006 (1910); 975 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1900s; 1940s; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 204 (11.9%)
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