Strafford County, New Hampshire
Founding: 1773 (declared in 1769) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford Seat: Dover (1771–) Land area: 368 square miles Population (2020): 130,889 Population (historic): 23,611 (1790); 61,127 (1840); 30,243 (1870); 39,337 (1900); 38,580 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850s; 1870–1900; 1930–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; four CDPs; ten towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,229 (20%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 40.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,728 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,649 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,421 Average farm size (1920): 29.2 acres _____________________________________________________...