Ulster County, New York

Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Ulster, Ireland
Seat: Kingston (1683–)
Land area: 1,124 square miles
Population (2020): 181,851
Population (historic): 29,370 (1790); 45,822 (1840); 84,075 (1870); 88,422 (1900); 80,155 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1910; 1920–2010
Subdivisions: One city; three villages; 34 CDPs; 20 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 22,990 (26.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,479
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,022

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 4,311
Average farm size (1920): 46.5 acres
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Kingston

 
Namesake: Either Kingston-upon-Hull or Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Founding: 1661 (founding as Wiltwijck); 1792 (post office); 1805 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 24,069
Population (historic): 6,315 (1870); 21,261 (1890); 25,908 (1910); 28,088 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,544 (52.1%)
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