Addison County, Vermont
Founding: 1785 Parent county: Rutland Namesake: Joseph Addison, English writer Seat: Middlebury (1785–) Land area: 766 square miles Population (2020): 37,363 Population (historic): 6,420 (1790); 23,583 (1840); 23,484 (1870); 21,912 (1900); 17,952 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1940–2020 Subdivisions: One city; six CDPs; 22 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,865 (27.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 88.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 42.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,968 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,041 Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,375 Average farm size (1920): 91.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Middlebury Namesake: Unc...