Middlesex County, New Jersey
Founding: 1683 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Middlesex, England Seat: New Brunswick (1778–) Land area: 309 square miles Population (2020): 863,162 Population (historic): 15,956 (1790); 21,893 (1840); 45,029 (1870); 79,762 (1900); 212,208 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; 12 boroughs; 24 CDPs; ten townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 32,756 (10.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 57.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,794 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,332 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,383 Average farm size (1920): 50.8 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ New Brunswick ...