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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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Lawrence House (c. 1825). 2725 County Road 6. Catharine. Greek Revival.
2. Kayutah Lake House (c. 1815). 2612 Kayutah Lake House Road. Catharine. Greek Revival.
3. Hiram Elliott Farm (c. 1875). 4085 Church Street. Hector. Italianate.
4. Shuler Farm (c. 1855). 4235 Shuler Road. Hector. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
5. Slothoff Farm (c. 1845). 4252 State Route 79. Hector. Greek Revival. Razed.
6. Stephen Stilwell House (c. 1815). 5291 State Route 228. Hector. Federal.
7. James Hazlitt House (c. 1860). 5631 State Route 414. Hector. Gothic Revival.
8. James Beardsley Farm (c. 1875). 2696 County Road 7. Montour. Italianate.

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