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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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Merrill–Poor House (1791/1890/1896). 10 South Arm Road. Andover.
  2. Farm (c. 1810). 758 Intervale Road. Bethel. Federal.
  3. Russell Pratt House (c. 1820). 428 Turner Road. Buckfield. Federal. Razed.
  4. Asa Pike House (c. 1855). 1 Hemlock Bridge Road. Fryeburg. Greek Revival/Italianate.
  5. Benjamin Wiley House (1790–1792). 439 Fish Street. Fryeburg. Federal.
  6. Rivercroft Farm / John Weston Farm (1873). 60 River Street. Fryeburg. Second Empire.
  7. William Ellery Summer House (c. 1916). 86 Mountain Lodge Road. Greenwood. Craftsman.
  8. David Warren House (1805). 139 Sam Annis Road. Hartford. Federal.
  9. John Watson House (1785). 287 King Street. Hiram. Federal.
  10. Moses Hutchins House (c. 1839). 551 Main Street. Lovell. Federal.
  11. Joel Foster Farm (c. 1855). 690 Sunday River Road. Newry. Greek Revival.
  12. Nutting Farm (c. 1796/1820). 804 Oxford Road. Otisfield. Federal.
  13. Stephen Robinson House (c. 1795/1803). 257 Parsons Road. Paris. Federal.
  14. Hezekiah Hutchins House (c. 1802). 320 Ellis River Road. Rumford. Georgian.
  15. House (c. 1885). 542 Waterford Road. Waterford. Eastlake.
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