Schoharie County, New York

 

Founding: 1795
Parent counties: Albany and Otsego

Namesake: Schoharie Creek
Seat: Schoharie (1800–)

Land area: 622 square miles

Population (2020): 29,714

Population (historic): 9,808 (1800); 32,358 (1840); 33,340 (1870); 26,854 (1900); 19,667 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1930–1950; 1960–1990; 2000s

Subdivisions: Six villages; three CDPs; 16 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,300 (30.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,672
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,477
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,791
Average farm size (1920): 84.1 acres
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Schoharie

Namesake: Schoharie Creek

Founding: 1815 (post office)

Population (2020): 916

Population (historic): 1,200 (1870); 1,028 (1890); 996 (1910); 827 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1930–1960; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 184 (41.2%)
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