Piscataquis County, Maine
Founding: 1838 Parent counties: Penobscot and Somerset Namesake: The Piscataquis River Seat: Dover–Foxcroft (1838–) Land area: 3,961 square miles Population (2020): 16,800 Population (historic): 13,138 (1840); 15,032 (1860); 14,872 (1880); 16,949 (1900); 18,231 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1900s; 1970s Subdivisions: 17 towns; two plantations; four CDPs; four territories Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,481 (22.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 25% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,177 Average outbuilding value (1930): $873 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,424 Average farm size (1920): 47.7 acres ____________________________________________________________________...