Putnam County, New York

Founding: 1812
Parent county: Dutchess

Namesake: Israel Putnam, U.S. army officer
Seat: Carmel (1812–)

Land area: 230 square miles

Population (2020): 97,668

Population (historic): 11,268 (1820); 14,138 (1850); 15,420 (1870); 13,787 (1900); 13,744 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860s; 1900s; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Three villages; seven CDPs; six towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,599 (17.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $6,359
Average outbuilding value (1930): $6,071
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 767
Average farm size (1920): 59.6 acres
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Carmel

Namesake: Uncertain—likely biblical Mount Carmel

Founding: 1815 (post office)

Population (2020): 7,538

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 364 (13.9%)
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