Caroline County, Maryland
Founding: 1774 Parent counties: Dorchester and Queen Anne's Namesake: Caroline Eden, daughter of Charles Calvert Seat: Denton (1790–) Land area: 319 square miles Population (2020): 33,293 Population (historic): 9,506 (1790); 7,806 (1840); 12,101 (1870); 16,248 (1900); 17,387 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1840–1910; 1930–2020 Subdivisions: Nine towns; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,482 (18.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,280 Average outbuilding value (1930): $791 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,071 Average farm size (1920): 58.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Denton ...