Strafford County, New Hampshire

Founding: 1773 (declared in 1769)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford
Seat: Dover (1771–)
Land area: 368 square miles
Population (2020): 130,889
Population (historic): 23,611 (1790); 61,127 (1840); 30,243 (1870); 39,337 (1900); 38,580 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850s; 1870–1900; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; four CDPs; ten towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,229 (20%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 40.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,728
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,649

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,421
Average farm size (1920): 29.2 acres
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Dover

 
Namesake: Dover, England
Founding: 1623 (founding); 1795 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 32,741
Population (historic): 1,998 (1790); 6,458 (1840); 9,294 (1870); 13,207 (1900); 13,573 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,806 (24.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Felker House (c. 1835). 281 Second Crown Point Road. Barrington. Greek Revival.
2. Jonathan Berry Farm (c. 1885). 336 Second Crown Point Road. Barrington. Second Empire.
3. Ivory Paul House (c. 1815). 278 Back Road. Dover. Federal.
4. Strafford County Poor Farm (1881). 266 County Farm Road. Dover.
5. Smith Chapel (1900). 45 Mill Pond Road. Durham. Gothic Revival.
6. James Waldron House (c. 1810). 215 Bay Road. Farmington. Federal.
7. Samuel Davis House (c. 1900). 305 Ridge Road. Farmington. Queen Anne.
8. Gardner Towle House (c. 1820). 194 Wadleigh Falls Road. Lee. Greek Revival.
9. Miles House (1817). 173 Madbury Road. Madbury. Federal.
10. Daniel Chesley House (1813). 81 Perkins Road. Madbury. Federal.
11. Nute Ridge Chapel (c. 1900). 100 Nute's Road. Milton. Romanesque.
12. Joseph Plumer Farm (c. 1782/1810). 1305 White Mountain Highway. Milton.
13. House (c. 1830). 30 Meaderboro Road. Rochester.
14. Rollins House (c. 1890). 111 Rollins Road. Rollinsford. Queen Anne.
15. Rollins House (c. 1870). 150 Rollins Road. Rollinsford. Italianate.
16. Samuel Hale Farm (c. 1790). 85 Sligo Road. Rollinsford. Georgian.
17. House (c. 1875). 592 First Crown Point Road. Strafford. Second Empire.
18. Strafford Union Academy (1833). 7 Strafford Road. Strafford. Federal.

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