Kings County, New York

Founding: 1683
Parent county: The colony of New Netherland

Namesake: Charles II, King of England
Seat: Brooklyn (1683–)

Land area: 71 square miles

Population (2020): 2,736,074

Population (historic): 4,549 (1790); 20,535 (1830); 419,921 (1870); 1,166,582 (1900); 2,560,401 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1950; 1980–2020

National Register listings: 191

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 545,131 (51.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.2%

Housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

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Brooklyn

Namesake: Breukelen, Netherlands

Founding: 1646 (founding as Breuckelen); 1803 (post office); 1816 (replatting)