Saratoga County, New York

Founding: 1791
Parent county: Albany
Namesake: An Iroquois word meaning "the hill beside the river"
Seat: Stillwater (1791–1796); Ballston (1796–1817); Ballston Spa (1817–)
Land area: 810 square miles
Population (2020): 235,509
Population (historic): 24,483 (1800); 40,553 (1840); 51,529 (1870); 61,089 (1900); 63,314 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1910; 1920–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; ten villages; six CDPs; 19 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,478 (16.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 81.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,955
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,551

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,178
Average farm size (1920): 63.2 acres
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Ballston Spa

Namesake: Eliphalet Ball, local resident
Founding: 1797 (post office); 1807 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,111
Population (historic): 1,500 (1840); 2,285 (1860); 3,011 (1880); 3,923 (1900); 4,591 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,437 (55.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

Horace McKnight Farm (c. 1860). 233 Hop City Road. Ballston. Italianate.
Speir Farm (c. 1840). 547 Hop City Road. Ballston. Greek Revival.
Robert Taylor House (c. 1810). 468 Charlton Road. Charlton. Federal.
Cavert Farm (c. 1820). 1244 Eastern Avenue. Charlton. Federal.
Cook House (c. 1830). 4235 Jockey Street. Charlton. Federal.
Farm (c. 1840). 1270 Sacandaga Road. Charlton. Greek Revival.
Whipple House (c. 1845/1890). 194 Stage Road. Charlton. Greek Revival/Eastlake.
Myndert Wemple House (c. 1845). 86 Western Avenue. Charlton. Greek Revival.
House (c. 1870). 722 Clifton Park Center Road. Clifton Park. Italianate.
Peek Farm (c. 1830). 1401 State Route 146. Clifton Park. Federal.
Nathan Garnsey Farm (1789). 1453 State Route 146. Clifton Park. Federal.
Abraham Best House (c. 1815). 113 Vischer Ferry Road. Clifton Park. Federal.
House (c. 1860). 2995 County Road 107. Galway. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
Jesse Mead House (c. 1825). 2210 Galway Road. Galway. Federal.
Warner House (c. 1800). 4927 Sacandaga Road. Galway. Federal.
House (c. 1780). 5782 Sacandaga Road. Galway.
Robert Powers House (c. 1840). 603 Hudson River Road. Half-Moon. Greek Revival.
Daniel Hoyt Farm (c. 1840). 1420 Armer Road. Milton. Greek Revival.
Hale Farm (c. 1855). 3663 Galway Road. Milton. Italianate.
House (c. 1875). 1332 West High Street. Milton. Second Empire.
James Thompson House (c. 1810). 708 Middle Line Road. Milton. Federal.
Hermon Thomas Farm (c. 1840). 1167 Middle Line Road. Milton. Greek Revival.
George West House (1866). 801 State Route 29. Milton. Italianate.
Kilmer House (c. 1865). 813 State Route 29. Milton. Italianate.
Old Stone Church (1826). 159 Stone Church Road. Milton. Federal.
Benjamin Cornell House (c. 1865). 1695 West River Road. Moreau. Italianate.
Samuel Mott Farm (c. 1835). 281 Burke Road. Saratoga. Greek Revival.
Philip Schuyler House (1777). 1070 US Highway 4. Saratoga.
Hotel (c. 1845). 40 Geyser Road. Saratoga Springs. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
House (c. 1880). 432 Grand Avenue. Saratoga Springs. Second Empire.
Oscar Granger House (c. 1850). 3 Locust Grove Road. Saratoga Springs. Greek Revival.
Yaddo / Spencer Trask Estate (1891–1893). 312 Union Avenue. Saratoga Springs. Romanesque/Gothic Revival.
Smith Farm (c. 1865). 916 State Route 32. Stillwater. Italianate.
John Brill House (c. 1860). 683 Saratoga Road. Wilton. Italianate.
House (c. 1875). 60 Smith Bridge Road. Wilton. Second Empire.
David McNeal House (c. 1855). 90 Smith Bridge Road. Wilton. Italianate/Greek Revival.