Schoharie County, New York
Founding: 1795 Parent counties: Albany and Otsego Namesake: Schoharie Creek Seat: Schoharie (1800–) Land area: 622 square miles Population (2020): 29,714 Population (historic): 9,808 (1800); 32,358 (1840); 33,340 (1870); 26,854 (1900); 19,667 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1930–1950; 1960–1990; 2000s Subdivisions: Six villages; three CDPs; 16 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,300 (30.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,672 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,477 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,791 Average farm size (1920): 84.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Schoharie Namesake: Sc...