Livingston County, New York

Founding: 1821
Parent counties: Genesee and Ontario
Namesake: Robert Livingston, New York politician
Seat: Geneseo (1821–)
Land area: 632 square miles
Population (2020): 61,834
Population (historic): 27,729 (1830); 39,309 (1870); 37,059 (1900); 37,560 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1850; 1870s; 1900s; 1920–2010
Subdivisions: Nine villages; 26 CDPs; 17 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,326 (33.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 78.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 34.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,305
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,527
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,899
Average farm size (1920): 96.1 acres
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Geneseo

 
Namesake: An Iroquois word meaning "beautiful valley"
Founding: 1806 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 7,574
Population (historic): 1,925 (1880); 2,400 (1900); 2,261 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–1930; 1940–2010

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 613 (30%)
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