Surry County, Virginia

Founding: 1652
Parent county: James City

Namesake: Surrey, England
Seat: Surry (1797–)

Land area: 279 square miles

Population (2020): 6,561

Population (historic): 6,227 (1790); 7,109 (1830); 6,133 (1860); 8,256 (1890); 7,096 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820s; 1850s; 1870–1910; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 481 (13.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,102
Average outbuilding value (1930): $550
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,140
Average farm size (1920): 32.8 acres
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Surry

Namesake: Surry County

Founding: 1797 (founding); 1797 (post office)

Population (2020): 208

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 42 (30.7%)
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