Somerset County, Maine

Founding: 1809
Parent county: Kennebec
Namesake: Somerset, England
Seat: Skowhegan (1809–)
Land area: 3,924 square miles
Population (2020): 50,477
Population (historic): 12,910 (1810); 33,912 (1840); 34,611 (1870); 33,849 (1900); 39,111 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1970–1990
Subdivisions: Eight CDPs; six plantations; four territories; 27 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,773 (25.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 34.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,172
Average outbuilding value (1930): $899

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,646
Average farm size (1920): 49.5 acres
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Skowhegan

 
Namesake: An Abenaki word meaning "fishing place"
Founding: 1771 (founding); 1823 (post office); 1823 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 8,620
Population (historic): 1,006 (1830); 2,266 (1860); 3,860 (1880); 5,180 (1900); 6,433 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1870; 1880s; 1910s; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,344 (43.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Concord Haven / James Williams Estate (1915). 1405 Kennebec River Road. Embden. Classical Revival.
2. George Eames Farm (c. 1840). 957 Meadow Brook Road. Embden. Federal.
3. Bates Memorial Chapel (1916–1918). 2 Ten Lots Road. Fairfield. Classical Revival.
4. Benjamin Weston Farm (1817). End of Weston Avenue. Madison. Federal.
5. Benjamin Weston Farm (c. 1875). 401 Weston Avenue. Madison. Italianate.
6. Mercer Union Church (1829). 43 Main Street. Mercer. Gothic Revival.
7. Cullen Sawtelle House (1845). 60 Sophie May Lane. Norridgewock. Greek Revival.
8. William Colby House (c. 1810). 302 Ward Hill Road. Norridgewock. Federal.
9. William Swain House (c. 1860). 231 Dudley Corner Road. Skowhegan. Italianate.
10. Manley Pooler House (c. 1820). 7 Stevens Road. Skowhegan. Federal.
11. Frank Malbon Farm (c. 1840). 538 West Ridge Road. Skowhegan.

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