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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Aaron Barber Farm (1852). 5403 Barber Road. Avon. Greek Revival.
2. Martin Heath Farm (c. 1865). 4498 Lima Road. Geneseo. Italianate.
3. Isaac Kellerman Log House (1816). 6074 South Livonia Road. Conesus.
4. Sweet Briar / George Austen Estate (1898). 5126 Mount Morris Road. Geneseo. Classical Revival.
5. The Homestead / James Wadsworth Estate (c. 1804/1875). 4 South Street. Geneseo. Classical Revival.
6. Farm (c. 1915). 4376 East Groveland Road. Groveland. Craftsman.
7. Amasa Martin Farm (c. 1845/1865/1885). 1301 Bragg Street. Lima. Italianate/Second Empire.
8. Thomas Peck House (c. 1812/1865). 7955 East Main Road. Lima. Federal/Italianate.
9. Morgan House (1832). 6870 West Main Road. Lima. Federal.
10. Lauren Godfrey House (c. 1853). 1325 Rochester Road. Lima. Italianate.
11. Ebenezer Leech House (c. 1800). 1537 York Street. Lima. Federal.
12. James McCurdy House (1822). State Route 36, south of Red Jacket Street. North Dansville. Federal. Razed.
13. Elmwood / William Alward Farm (c. 1855). 19 North Walnut Street. Nunda. Italianate.
14. Elias Geiger Farm (1867). 10693 Geiger Road. Ossian. Italianate.
15. Edgerley / David Edgerley Farm (1828/1870s). 9303 Creek Road. Portage. Federal.
16. Westerly / William Spencer Farm (c. 1850). 3151 Chandler Road. York. Greek Revival.
17. Linwood / William Gratwick Estate (c. 1901). 1912 York Road. York. Shingle.

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