Schuyler County, New York

Founding: 1854
Parent counties: Chemung, Steuben, and Tompkins

Namesake: Philip Schuyler, Continental Army general
Seat: Watkins Glen (1854–)

Land area: 328 square miles

Population (2020): 17,898

Population (historic): 18,840 (1860); 18,842 (1880); 15,811 (1900); 12,909 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: Four villages; eight towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,522 (36.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 80.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 25.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,709
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,570

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,639
Average farm size (1920): 81.1 acres
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Watkins Glen

Namesake: Samuel Watkins, local resident

Founding: 1836 (post office); 1842 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,829

Population (historic): 2,039 (1870); 2,943 (1900); 2,956 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890s; 1920s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 642 (64.7%)
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