Broome County, New York

Founding: 1806
Parent county: Tioga
Namesake: John Broome, New York politician
Seat: Binghamton (1806–)
Land area: 706 square miles
Population (2020): 198,683
Population (historic): 8,130 (1810); 22,338 (1840); 44,103 (1870); 69,149 (1900); 147,022 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1970
Subdivisions: One city; seven villages; four CDPs; 16 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 26,948 (29.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,906
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,702

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,594
Average farm size (1920): 70.1 acres
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Binghamton

 
Namesake: William Bingham, Pennsylvania politician
Founding: 1800 (platting as Chenango Point); 1803 (post office); 1834 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 47,969
Population (historic): 1,203 (1830); 8,325 (1860); 17,317 (1880); 39,647 (1900); 76,662 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1950; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,443 (48.8%)
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