Highland County, Virginia

Founding: 1847
Parent counties: Bath and Pendleton

Namesake: The county's elevation
Seat: Monterey (1847–)

Land area: 415 square miles

Population (2020): 2,232

Population (historic): 4,227 (1850); 5,164 (1880); 5,647 (1900); 4,525 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1970s

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 754 (36.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,339
Average outbuilding value (1930): $707
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 744
Average farm size (1920): 110.8 acres
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Monterey

Namesake: Monterrey, Mexico

Founding: 1847 (platting); 1847 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 165

Population (historic): 154 (1880); 246 (1900); 290 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1910s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 60 (41.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William McClung Farm (1844). 6006 Bullpasture River Road.
2. *Edgar Campbell Farm (c. 1865). 2382 Meadowdale Road. Italianate.
3. *George Vandevender Log House (c. 1830). 5875 Potomac River Road.