Orange County, New York

Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: William III of Orange, English king
Seat: Orangetown (1683–1798); Goshen (1798–)
Land area: 812 square miles
Population (2020): 401,310
Population (historic): 18,492 (1790); 50,739 (1840); 80,902 (1870); 103,859 (1900); 130,383 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; 19 villages; 17 CDPs; 21 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 31,864 (22.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,571
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,094

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,591
Average farm size (1920): 64.2 acres
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Goshen

 
Namesake: The biblical land of Goshen
Founding: 1714 (founding); 1792 (post office); 1809 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,777
Population (historic): 2,205 (1870); 2,907 (1890); 3,081 (1910); 2,891 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1920–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 654 (25.2%)
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