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Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

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Founding:  1813 Parent counties:  Dauphin and Lancaster Namesake:  The city of Lebanon Seat:  Lebanon (1813–) Land area:  362 square miles Population (2020):  143,257 Population (historic):  16,988 (1820); 31,831 (1860); 38,476 (1880); 53,827 (1900); 67,103 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; seven boroughs; 14 CDPs; 18 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  14,004 (24.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  75.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  43.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,823 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,968 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,372 Average farm size (1920):  60.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Lebanon   Namesake:  The...