Herkimer County, New York

Founding: 1791
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Nicholas Herkimer, New York militiaman
Seat: Herkimer (1791–)

Land area: 1,411 square miles

Population (2020): 60,139

Population (historic): 14,479 (1800); 37,477 (1840); 39,929 (1870); 51,049 (1900); 64,006 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1920; 1940–1970

Subdivisions: One city; ten villages; seven CDPs; 19 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,072 (41.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 72.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,027
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,416
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,849
Average farm size (1920): 77.5 acres
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Herkimer

Namesake: Nicholas Herkimer, New York militiaman

Founding: circa 1730 (founding); 1798 (post office); 1807 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,234

Population (historic): 1,220 (1870); 5,555 (1900); 10,446 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,048 (57.9%)
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