Page County, Virginia

Founding: 1831
Parent counties: Rockingham and Shenandoah

Namesake: John Page, Virginia governor
Seat: Luray (1831–)

Land area: 311 square miles

Population (2020): 23,709

Population (historic): 6,194 (1840); 8,109 (1860); 9,965 (1880); 13,794 (1900); 14,852 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,436 (20.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940: 20.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,337
Average outbuilding value (1930): $728
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,280
Average farm size (1920): 57 acres
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Luray

Namesake: Luray, France

Founding: 1803 (post office); 1812 (platting); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,831

Population (historic): 632 (1880); 1,147 (1900); 1,459 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 611 (29%)
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