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Windham County, Vermont

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Founding:  1781 Parent county:  Cumberland Namesake:  The town of Windham Seat:  Newfane (pre-1810–) Land area:  785 square miles Population (2020):  45,905 Population (historic):  17,572 (1790); 27,442 (1840); 26,036 (1870); 26,660 (1900); 26,015 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1930–2020 Subdivisions:  Five villages; 16 CDPs; 23 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  8,536 (27.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  93.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  40.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  16.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  10.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,505 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,190 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,103 Average farm size (1920):  46.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Ne...