Wyoming County, New York

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Genesee

Namesake: The Wyoming Valley
Seat: Warsaw (1841–)

Land area: 593 square miles

Population (2020): 40,531

Population (historic): 31,981 (1850); 29,164 (1870); 31,193 (1890); 31,880 (1910); 28,764 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: Eight villages; three CDPs; 16 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,919 (43.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 83%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,830
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,161
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,165
Average farm size (1920): 73.3 acres
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Warsaw

Namesake: Warsaw, Poland

Founding: 1811 (post office); 1843 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,646

Population (historic): 1,631 (1870); 3,120 (1890); 3,206 (1910); 3,477 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–1950; 1980s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 957 (63.1%)
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