Dukes County, Massachusetts
Founding: 1695 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Duke of York Seat: Edgartown (1683–) Land area: 103 square miles Population (2020): 20,600 Population (historic): 3,255 (1790); 3,958 (1840); 3,787 (1870); 4,561 (1900); 4,953 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1830–1850; 1870s; 1920–1940; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: Two CDPs; seven towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,002 (16.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 79.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 39.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,393 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,938 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 152 Average farm size (1920): 51.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Edgartown Namesake: Edgar Stuart, Duke...