Cayuga County, New York


Founding: 1799
Parent county: Onondaga
Namesake: The Cayuga people
Seat: Aurora (1799–1805); Auburn (1805–)
Land area: 692 square miles
Population (2020): 76,248
Population (historic): 15,871 (1800); 50,338 (1840); 59,550 (1870); 66,234 (1900); 64,751 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1910; 1930–1990
Subdivisions: One city; nine villages; one CDP; 23 towns
National Register listings: 71
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,265 (38.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 78.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.6%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,802
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,874
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,297
Average farm size (1920): 72.5 acres
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Auburn
 
Namesake: The fictional town of Auburn in Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Deserted Village
Founding: 1790s (founding); 1815 (incorporation); 1818 (post office)
Population (2020): 26,866
Population (historic): 500 (1810); 5,626 (1840); 17,225 (1870); 30,345 (1900); 36,652 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1930; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,505 (50.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Israel Shoemaker House (c. 1855). 6760 River Road. Aurelius. Gothic Revival.
  2. *Lewis Putnam Farm (c. 1835). 2965 East Brutus Street. Brutus. Greek Revival.
  3. *Samuel Rockwell House (c. 1845). 10817 State Route 34. Cato. Greek Revival.
  4. *Hugh Hunter House (c. 1845). 11159 State Route 34. Cato. Greek Revival.
  5. *Henry Wyckoff Farm (c. 1835). 4619 Wyckoff Road. Fleming. Greek Revival.
  6. John O'Hara House (c. 1880). 619 Indian Field Road. Genoa. Eastlake. Razed.
  7. James Howell House (c. 1860). 1128 State Route 34B. Genoa. Gothic Revival.
  8. *Benjamin Gould House (c. 1845). 700 Sherwood Road. Ledyard. Greek Revival.
  9. *John Hussey House (1836). 901 Sherwood Road. Ledyard. Federal.
  10. *Augustus Howland Farm (c. 1855). 1395 Sherwood Road. Ledyard. Italianate.
  11. William Kendall Farm (c. 1840). 1851 State Route 34B. Ledyard. Greek Revival.
  12. *Eleazer Carter House (1824). 1769 State Route 90. Ledyard. Federal.
  13. *William Chase House (c. 1875). 3260 State Route 90. Ledyard. Second Empire.
  14. *Thomas Utt Farm (c. 1870). 3412 State Route 90. Ledyard. Italianate.
  15. William Day House (c. 1860). 8439 South Street Road. Mentz. Italianate.
  16. *Jacob Selover House (c. 1830). 3396 Rockefeller Road. Niles. Federal.
  17. *William Elliott House (c. 1835). 2345 Center Road. Scipio. Greek Revival.
  18. *Ira Aiken Farm (c. 1835). 3423 State Route 34. Scipio. Greek Revival.
  19. Ames House (c. 1875). 3329 Wyckoff Road. Scipio. Italianate.
  20. Buren Leonard House (c. 1860). 7295 Cherry Street Road. Sennett. Italianate.
  21. Lockwood House (c. 1870). 7124 State Route 34. Sennett. Italianate.
  22. *Almeron Durkee House (c. 1820). 13 Cayuga Street. Springport. Federal.
  23. *William Richardson Farm (c. 1840). 5494 Cross Road. Springport. Greek Revival.
  24. *Peter Yawger House (1838–1840). 5627 State Route 90. Springport. Greek Revival.
  25. William Yawger House (c. 1835). 1183 State Route 326. Springport. Greek Revival.
  26. *John Anderson Farm (c. 1870). 1865 Maroney Road. Sterling. Italianate.
  27. David Hopkins House (c. 1860). 2459 Turnpike Road. Throop. Italianate.
  28. Jonas Wood House (c. 1850). 2608 Indian Field Road. Venice. Greek Revival.
  29. Jarvis Alward House (c. 1815). 3262 Long Hill Road. Venice. Federal.
  30. *Cyrenus Wheeler Farm (c. 1845). 2152 State Route 34B. Venice. Greek Revival.
  31. *Stephen Young House (1856). 2599 State Route 34B. Venice.
  32. Benjamin Arnold Farm (c. 1830). 2132 Stewart's Corners Road. Venice. Federal.
  33. *William Hager House (c. 1835). 11676 Old State Road. Victory. Greek Revival.








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