ack ▁for ▁the ▁town ' s ▁western ▁and ▁coast al ▁far ms . ▁Each ▁day , ▁as ▁he ▁passed ▁his ▁farm ▁on ▁Prin ces ▁Point ▁Road , ▁he ▁would ▁change ▁horses ▁and ▁eat ▁l unch ▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁Har ri et . ▁They ▁had ▁a ▁daughter , ▁Elizabeth . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁flu ▁hit ▁town ▁in ▁two ▁waves , ▁resulting ▁in ▁ 3 7 0 ▁cases ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁death s . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁town ▁historian ▁William ▁H . ▁R owe ▁announced ▁that ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁Y arm outh ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁works . ▁The ▁project ▁took ▁th ir teen ▁more ▁years ▁to ▁complete , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁" so ▁thorough ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁print ". ▁R owe ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁aged ▁about ▁ 7 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁Y arm outh ▁celebrated ▁its ▁cent en ary ▁with ▁a ▁para de . ▁ ▁Rap id ▁growth ▁was ▁experienced ▁again ▁around ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁when ▁Route ▁ 1 ▁was ▁put ▁through ▁the ▁town . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 6 9 9 ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁town . ▁Inter state ▁ 2 9 5 ▁was ▁built ▁through ▁the ▁har bor ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁( sp anning ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁har bor ▁known ▁as ▁Grant ville ▁across ▁to ▁the ▁land ▁between ▁Route ▁ 8 8 ▁and ▁Old ▁Sh ip