Oxford County, Maine

Founding: 1805
Parent counties: Cumberland and York
Namesake: Oxford, Massachusetts
Seat: Paris Hill (1805–1895); South Paris (1895–)
Land area: 2,077 square miles
Population (2020): 57,777
Population (historic): 17,630 (1810); 38,351 (1840); 33,488 (1870); 32,238 (1900); 41,483 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1890–1960; 1970–2010
Subdivisions: Nine CDPs; 35 towns; four territories
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,462 (23.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 37%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,334
Average outbuilding value (1930): $838

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,078
Average farm size (1920): 43.8 acres
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South Paris

 
Namesake: The village's location within the town of Paris
Founding: 1824 (post office)
Population (2020): 2,183
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 461 (44.1%)
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