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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