Waldo County, Maine
Founding: 1827 Parent county: Hancock Namesake: Samuel Waldo, Massachusetts land speculator Seat: Belfast (1827–) Land area: 730 square miles Population (2020): 39,607 Population (historic): 29,788 (1830); 38,447 (1860); 32,463 (1880); 24,185 (1900); 20,286 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1850; 1930–2020 Subdivisions: One city; three CDPs; 25 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,609 (21%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $964 Average outbuilding value (1930): $640 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,234 Average farm size (1920): 36.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Belfast Nam...