Howard County, Maryland

Founding: 1851
Parent county: Anne Arundel
Namesake: John Howard, Maryland politician
Seat: Ellicott City (1851–)
Land area: 251 square miles
Population (2020): 328,200
Population (historic): 13,338 (1860); 16,140 (1880); 16,715 (1900); 16,169 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920–2020
Subdivisions: Nine CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,597 (2.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 34.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,252
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,711

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,297
Average farm size (1920): 80.7 acres
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Ellicott City

 
Namesake: John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott, founders of the town
Founding: 1797 (post office)
Population (2020): 75,947
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 659 (2.4%)
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