Greene County, New York

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Albany and Ulster

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Catskill (1800–)

Land area: 647 square miles

Population (2020): 47,931

Population (historic): 12,584 (1800); 30,446 (1840); 31,832 (1870); 31,478 (1900); 25,808 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1850; 1870s; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Five villages; 15 CDPs; 14 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,758 (29.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 82.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 39.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,874
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,888
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,248
Average farm size (1920): 73 acres
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Catskill

Namesake: Catskill Creek

Founding: 1800 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,745

Population (historic): 3,701 (1870); 4,920 (1890); 5,296 (1910); 5,082 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1920–1940; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,112 (60.9%)
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