Bristol County, Rhode Island
Founding: 1747 Parent county: Bristol County, Massachusetts Namesake: Bristol, England Seat: Bristol (1747–) Land area: 24 square miles Population (2020): 50,793 Population (historic): 3,211 (1790); 6,476 (1840); 9,421 (1870); 13,144 (1900); 25,089 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1830–2000; 2010s Subdivisions: Three towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,366 (30.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 84% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 35.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,647 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,758 Number of farms (1920): 215 Average farm size (1920): 25.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Bristol Namesake: Bristol, England Founding: 1680 (founding); 1681 ...