The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

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...

Founding:  1695 Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Nantucket Island Seat:  Nantucket (1695–) Land area:  48 square miles Population (2020):  14,255 Population (historic):  4,555 (1790); 9,012 (1840); 4,123 (1870); 3,006 (1900); 3,678 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1810; 1830s; 1920s; 1970–2000; 2010s Subdivisions:  One town Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,796 (14.5%) Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  28% Housing in disrepair (1940):  1.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $5,748 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $5,578 Number of farms (1920):  24 Average farm size (1920):  65.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Nantucket Namesake:  A Wampanoag word of uncertain meaning Founding:  circa 1660 (founding as Sherburne ); 1671 (incorporation); 1792 (post office) _____________________________________________...