Aroostook County, Maine
Founding: 1839 Parent counties: Penobscot and Washington Namesake: The Aroostook River Seat: Houlton (1839–) Land area: 6,671 square miles Population (2020): 67,105 Population (historic): 9,413 (1840); 22,479 (1860); 41,700 (1880); 60,744 (1900); 87,843 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1950s Subdivisions: Two cities; 15 CDPs; seven territories; 53 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,140 (22.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,965 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,956 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 6,741 Average farm size (1920): 66.9 acres Sources of settlement: Maine, Canada, and Sweden ___________________________________________________________...