Orleans County, New York

Founding: 1824
Parent county: Genesee

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps the House of Orléans or the Battle of New Orleans
Seat: Albion (1824–)

Land area: 391 square miles

Population (2020): 40,343

Population (historic): 17,732 (1830); 28,501 (1850); 27,689 (1870); 30,164 (1900); 28,795 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1940–2000

Subdivisions: Four villages; ten towns

National Register listings: 29

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,477 (45.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 91.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,487
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,518

Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,579
Average farm size (1920): 76.3 acres
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Albion

Namesake: The island of Great Britain

Founding: 1822 (platting as Newport); 1826 (post office); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,637

Population (historic): 2,251 (1850); 3,322 (1870); 4,586 (1890); 5,016 (1910); 4,878 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1980–2000

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,588 (61%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *The Pillars / Samuel Howes House (c. 1870/1910). 13800 West County House Road. Albion. Italianate/Classical Revival.
2. *Artemus Loveland House (c. 1840). 13859 Phipps Road. Albion. Greek Revival.
3. Mount Albion Cemetery Caretaker's House (c. 1895). 14917 State Route 31. Albion. Romanesque.
4. *House (c. 1880). 3921 State Route 98. Albion. Second Empire.
5. *Major Grinnell House (1852). 5457 Crane Road. Barre. Greek Revival.
6. John Mull House (c. 1860). Eagle Harbor Road and Gillette Road. Barre. Greek Revival/Italianate.
7. *Benjamin Gates Farm (c. 1835). 13079 West Lee Road. Barre. Greek Revival.
8. *School (c. 1845). 4764 Pine Hill Road. Barre. Greek Revival.
9. *Henry Hobbs House (c. 1860). 1403 Bills Road. Carlton.
10. Israel Shipman House (c. 1845). 1402 Oak Orchard River Road. Carlton. Greek Revival.
11. Clark House (c. 1845). 13510 State Route 18. Carlton. Greek Revival.
12. *Orson Butterfield Farm (1849). 4690 Bennett's Corners Road. Clarendon. Greek Revival.
13. *John Stevens Farm (c. 1825/1860). 5482 Holley–Byron Road. Clarendon. Federal.
14. *School Number Two (1832). 3286 Gaines Basin Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
15. Farm (c. 1880). 2464 Gaines–Waterport Road. Gaines. Gothic Revival/Second Empire.
16. William Wood House (c. 1845). 3390 Kenyonville Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
17. *Elias Bacon Farm (1844). 3077 State Route 98. Gaines. Greek Revival.
18. *Zebulon Whipple House (1844). 13076 Ridge Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
19. *Isaac Saunders House (1840). 13194 Ridge Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
20. *John Proctor House (c. 1845). 14268 Ridge Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
21. Platt Lamont House (c. 1850). 15052 Transit Church Road. Gaines. Greek Revival.
22. Kipp Farm (c. 1865). 3569 Main Street. Murray. Italianate.
23. Daniel Hunt House (c. 1835). 2308 Angling Road. Ridgeway. Greek Revival.
24. *Christopher Servoss House (1830–1833/1850s). 3963 Fruit Avenue. Ridgeway. Greek Revival/Italianate.
25. *Farm (c. 1875). 10987 Ridge Road. Ridgeway. Italianate.
26. Benjamin Foot House (c. 1845). 2490 Town Line Road. Ridgeway. Greek Revival.
27. John Williams Farm (c. 1865). 10177 Johnson Road. Shelby. Italianate.
28. *John Shelp Farm (1836/1900). 10181 West Shelby Road. Shelby. Greek Revival.
29. House (c. 1880). 11917 Platten Road. Yates. Eastlake.