Cecil County, Maryland

Founding: 1674
Parent counties: Baltimore and Kent
Namesake: Cecil Calvert, Maryland proprietor
Seat: Jamestown (1692–1719); Courthouse Point (1719–1782); Charlestown (1782–1787); Elkton (1787–)
Land area: 346 square miles
Population (2020): 103,725
Population (historic): 13,625 (1790); 17,232 (1840); 25,874 (1870); 24,662 (1900); 25,827 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1830–1880; 1920–2020
Subdivisions: Eight towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,759 (13.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 57.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,611
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,462

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,740
Average farm size (1920): 76.3 acres
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Elkton

 
Namesake: The Elk River
Founding: 1681 (founding as Friendship); 1787 (incorporation); 1790 (post office)
Population (2020): 15,807
Population (historic): 1,099 (1850); 1,797 (1870); 2,318 (1890); 2,487 (1910); 3,331 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1880–1900; 1910–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 489 (7.9%)
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