Waldo County, Maine

Founding: 1827
Parent county: Hancock
Namesake: Samuel Waldo, Massachusetts land speculator
Seat: Belfast (1827–)
Land area: 730 square miles
Population (2020): 39,607
Population (historic): 29,788 (1830); 38,447 (1860); 32,463 (1880); 24,185 (1900); 20,286 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1850; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: One city; three CDPs; 25 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,609 (21%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $964
Average outbuilding value (1930): $640

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,234
Average farm size (1920): 36.3 acres
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Belfast

 
Namesake: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Founding: 1770 (founding); 1773 (incorporation); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 6,938
Population (historic): 245 (1790); 4,186 (1840); 5,278 (1870); 4,615 (1900); 4,993 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1860; 1910s; 1930–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,227 (30.9%)
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