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DELAWARE WATER GAP
Historic Resource Study Slateford Farm |
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Appendix 14
Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size of Farms in Northampton County 1850-1975*
| Year | Number of farms | Land in farms (in acres) |
Size of farms (in acres) |
| 1850 | 2120 | 37,182 | 177 |
| 1880 | 4002 | 218,244 | 54 |
| 1910 | 3565 | 192,651 | 54 |
| 1920 | 3283 | 178,124 | 54 |
| 1930 | 2707 | 162,560 | 60 |
| 1940 | 2597 | 156,959 | 60 |
| 1950 | 2184 | 162,323 | 74 |
| 1959 | 1414 | 145,487 | 102.9 |
| 1964 | 1078 | 131,255 | 121.8 |
| 1969 | 805 | 107,454 | 133.4 |
| 1974 | 780 | 107,172 | 137 |
*Source: United States Census of Agriculture
Lewis, "Agriculture," p. 249
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