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

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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