Schenectady County, New York

Founding: 1809
Parent county: Albany
Namesake: The city of Schenectady
Seat: Schenectady (1809–)
Land area: 205 square miles
Population (2020): 158,061
Population (historic): 10,201 (1810); 17,387 (1840); 21,347 (1870); 46,852 (1900); 125,021 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1850; 1860–1930; 1940–1970; 2000–2020
Subdivisions: One city; two villages; six CDPs; five towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 24,900 (35.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,008
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,054
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 983
Average farm size (1920): 77.1 acres
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Schenectady

 
Namesake: The Mohawk word skahnéhtati ("beyond the pines")
Founding: 1661 (founding); 1793 (post office); 1798 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 67,047
Population (historic): 5,289 (1800); 6,784 (1840); 11,026 (1870); 31,682 (1900); 95,692 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1930; 1940s; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,271 (54.2%)
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