Steuben County, New York

Founding: 1796
Parent county: Ontario

Namesake: Friedrich von Steuben, Continental Army general
Seat: Bath (1796–)

Land area: 1,391 square miles

Population (2020): 93,584

Population (historic): 1,788 (1800); 46,138 (1840); 67,717 (1870); 82,822 (1900); 82,671 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1910; 1920–1970

Subdivisions: Two cities; 14 villages; four CDPs; 24 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,172 (34.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,478
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,534
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 6,132
Average farm size (1920): 86 acres
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Bath

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Bath, England

Founding: 1793 (founding); 1800 (post office); 1816 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,571

Population (historic): 453 (1810); 1,400 (1840); 1,465 (1870); 4,994 (1900); 4,015 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1793–1850; 1870–1900; 1920–1960; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,040 (34.5%)
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