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

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.

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