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

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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