Kings County, New York
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 . _______________________________________________________...