Caroline County, Maryland

Founding: 1774
Parent counties: Dorchester and Queen Anne's
Namesake: Caroline Eden, daughter of Charles Calvert
Seat: Denton (1790–)
Land area: 319 square miles
Population (2020): 33,293
Population (historic): 9,506 (1790); 7,806 (1840); 12,101 (1870); 16,248 (1900); 17,387 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1840–1910; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: Nine towns; three CDPs
National Register listings: 23
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,482 (18.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,280
Average outbuilding value (1930): $791

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,071
Average farm size (1920): 58.2 acres
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Denton

 
Namesake: A shortened form of the name Edentown
Founding: 1781 (platting as Edentown); 1800 (post office); 1802 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,848
Population (historic): 431 (1870); 641 (1890); 1,481 (1910); 1,604 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930; 1940–1960; 1970–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 273 (17.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Caroline County Almshouse (c. 1810/1890). 808 5th Street. Razed.
2. *Mary Bourne House (c. 1880). 14299 Benedictine Lane. Italianate/Eastlake. Razed.
3. *James Holmes House (c. 1880). 5235 Bethlehem Road. Italianate/Eastlake. Razed.
4. *Frazier House (c. 1790). 3441 Frazier Neck Road. Georgian. Razed.
5. *House (c. 1880). 15045 Greensboro Road. Second Empire.
6. *Castle Hall / Thomas Hardcastle Farm (1781/1800). 16070 Henderson Road. Georgian.
7. *Hardcastle House (c. 1785/1860). 12159 Holly Road. Italianate.
8. *Potter Hall / William Potter House (1808). 8148 Martin Lane. Federal.
9. *Athol / William Jones House (c. 1825). 17600 Melville Road.
10. *Oak Lawn / Greenbury Ridgely Farm (1783/1790). 13590 Oakland Road. Georgian.
11. *Willow Grove / Matthew Driver Farm (c. 1785). 11705 Shepherd Road. Georgian.
12. *Daffin Farm (c. 1760/1780). 9790 Tuckahoe Road. Georgian.
13. *Memory Lane / Mary Willis House (1864). 24700 Williston Road. Italianate.