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Kings County, New York

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Founding:  1683 Parent county:  The colony of New Netherland Namesake:  Charles II, King of England Seat:  Brooklyn (1683–) Land area:  71 square miles Population (2020):  2,736,074 Population (historic):  4,549 (1790); 20,535 (1830); 419,921 (1870); 1,166,582 (1900); 2,560,401 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1950; 1980–2020 Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  545,131 (51.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  52.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  16.2% Housing in disrepair (1950):  3.9% _________________________________________________________________________________ Brooklyn Namesake:  Breukelen, Netherlands Founding:  1646 (founding as Breuckelen ); 1803 (post office); 1816 (replatting) _________________________________________________________________________________ View and filter the data . Or  see a map . _______________________________________________________...