Kent County, Rhode Island

Founding: 1750
Parent county: Providence
Namesake: Kent, England
Seat: East Greenwich (1750–)
Land area: 169 square miles
Population (2020): 170,363
Population (historic): 8,851 (1790); 13,083 (1840); 18,595 (1870); 29,976 (1900); 51,390 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–2000; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city; four towns; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,815 (21.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 43.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,063
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,291

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 431
Average farm size (1920): 34.1 acres
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East Greenwich

 
Namesake: Greenwich, England
Founding: 1677 (incorporation); 1782 (post office)
Population (2020): 14,312
Population (historic): 1,824 (1790); 1,509 (1840); 2,660 (1870); 2,775 (1900); 3,666 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,027 (18.6%)
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