Essex County, New York

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Clinton

Namesake: Essex, England
Seat: Essex (1799–1807); Elizabethtown (1807–)

Land area: 1,794 square miles

Population (2020): 37,381

Population (historic): 9,477 (1810); 23,634 (1840); 29,042 (1870); 30,707 (1900); 33,959 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–1880; 1900s; 1920–1960; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two villages; 11 CDPs; 18 towns

National Register listings: 123

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,646 (33%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 84.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,183
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,571
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,978
Average farm size (1920): 57.8 acres
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Elizabethtown

Namesake: Elizabeth Gilliland, an early resident

Founding: 1802 (post office); 1876 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 746

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 157 (42.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Asa Moore Farm (c. 1850). 820 Mace Chasm Road. Chesterfield. Greek Revival.
2. *Stephen Stafford Farm (1824). 121 Leaning Road. Essex. Federal.
3. *St. John's Episcopal Church (1855). 2172 Station Road. Essex. Gothic Revival.
4. *Bouquet School (1827). Station Road, east of Jersey Street. Essex.
5. *Stafford Farm (c. 1835). 515 Walker Road. Essex. Greek Revival.
6. *Jean Smith Estate (1903). 158 State Route 9N. Jay. Tudor Revival/Craftsman.
7. *Samson Fried Estate (1902). 470 State Route 74. Schroon. Shingle.
8. Samuel Root Farm (c. 1835). 5797 State Route 9N. Westport. Greek Revival.
9. Orrin Howard House (c. 1875). 527 Stevenson Road. Westport. Italianate.
10. *Abraham Aiken Farm (c. 1807). 3269 Essex Road. Willsboro. Federal/Italianate.
11. Edward Smith House (1873). 249 Point Road. Willsboro. Second Empire.
12. *Daniel Rowley Farm (c. 1796/1830). 470 Point Road. Willsboro. Greek Revival.