Chenango County, New York

Founding: 1798
Parent counties: Herkimer and Tioga
Namesake: The Chenango River
Seat: Norwich (1798–)
Land area: 894 square miles
Population (2020): 47,220
Population (historic): 15,666 (1800); 40,785 (1840); 40,564 (1870); 36,568 (1900); 34,665 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1850s; 1930–1990
Subdivisions: One city; eight villages; two CDPs; 21 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,364 (36.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 37.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,561
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,682
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,838
Average farm size (1920): 82 acres
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Norwich

 
Namesake: Norwich, England
Founding: circa 1790 (founding); 1805 (post office); 1816 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 7,051
Population (historic): 5,212 (1890); 7,422 (1910); 8,378 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,041 (60.2%)
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