Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Founding: 1813
Parent counties: Dauphin and Lancaster
Namesake: The city of Lebanon
Seat: Lebanon (1813–)
Land area: 362 square miles
Population (historic): 16,988 (1820); 31,831 (1860); 38,476 (1880); 53,827 (1900); 67,103 (1930)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 43.7%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,823
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,968
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,823
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,968
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,372
Average farm size (1920): 60.1 acres
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Namesake: The country of Lebanon
Founding: 1753 (platting as Steitztown); 1792 (post office); 1821 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 26,814
Population (historic): 960 (1790); 1,860 (1840); 6,727 (1870); 17,628 (1900); 25,561 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1960; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,615 (42.3%)
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Number of farms (1920): 2,372
Average farm size (1920): 60.1 acres
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Lebanon
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,615 (42.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Alden / Robert Alden House (1881). 1012 Alden Way. Cornwall. Tudor Revival.
- John Uhrich House (c. 1875). 10463 Jonestown Road. East Hanover. Second Empire.
- Albright Evangelical Church (1860). 233 Albright Road. Heidelberg. Greek Revival.
- Alexander Schaeffer Farm (c. 1736/1771). 213 South Carpenter Street. Heidelberg.
- George Mase Farm. 1810 Prescott Road. Heidelberg.
- House (c. 1860). 322 Schaeffer Road. Heidelberg.
- Tulpehocken Manor / Ley–Urich Farm (1769/1883). 648 West Lincoln Avenue. Jackson. Second Empire.
- Samuel Long Farm (c. 1870). 16 Bethany Road. Mill Creek. Italianate.
- Heinrich Zeller House (1745). 10 North Fort Zeller's Road. Mill Creek.
- Millbach Miller's House (1752). 102 South Millbach Road. Mill Creek.
- Bindnagle Lutheran Church (1803). 801 Gravel Hill Road. North Londonderry. Federal.
- Bachman Farm (c. 1870). 925 Horseshoe Pike. South Annville. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
- John Bachman House (1813). 81 Mount Wilson Road. South Annville. Federal.
- Henry Royer Farm (1888). 1401 Prescott Road. South Lebanon. Second Empire.
- James Kelly Farm (c. 1791). 7050 Colebrook Road. South Londonderry.
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