Nantucket County, Massachusetts
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) _____________________________________________...