The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1651 Parent county:  York Namesake:  Gloucestershire, England Seat:  Gloucester (1680s–) Land area:  218 square miles Population (2020):  38,711 Population (historic):  13,498 (1790); 10,715 (1840); 10,211 (1870); 12,832 (1900); 11,019 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790; 1800s; 1820–1840; 1850s; 1870s; 1890s; 1940–2020 Subdivisions:  Two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,118 (6.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  43.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  15.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  23.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  18.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,196 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $523 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,811 Average farm size (1920):  24.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Gloucester   Namesake:  Glouces...

Founding:  1686 Parent county:  Burlington Namesake:  Gloucester, England Seat:  Gloucester (1686–1786); Woodbury (1786–) Land area:  322 square miles Population (2020):  302,294 Population (historic):  13,363 (1790); 25,438 (1840); 21,562 (1870); 31,905 (1900); 70,802 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1830; 1850–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; ten boroughs; eight CDPs; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  12,591 (11.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  63.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  40% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,527 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,447 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,319 Average farm size (1920):  42.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Woodbury Namesake:...