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

National Register listings: 20

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Bacon's Castle / Arthur Allen House (1665/1850s). 465 Bacon's Castle Trail. Jacobean.
2. *Chippokes Plantation / Albert Jones Farm (c. 1860). 695 Chippokes Farm Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Rich Neck Farm / William Ruffin House (c. 1815). 1049 Chippokes Farm Road. Federal.
4. *William Allen House (c. 1750). 510 Mansion Avenue. Georgian.
5. *Melville / Nicholas Faulcon House (c. 1730). 416 Melville Drive. Georgian.
6. *Snow Hill / Samuel Booth House (1836). 1997 MLK Highway. Federal.
7. *House (1902). 6074 New Design Road. Queen Anne.
8. *Pleasant Point / Benjamin Edwards House (c. 1740). 642 Pleasant Point Road.
9. Burt Farm (c. 1860). 7900 Salisbury Road. Italianate.
10. *Four Mile Tree / Browne Farm (c. 1745). 7735 Swann's Point Road. Georgian.
11. *Swann's Point / Cocke Plantation (c. 1760). 8775 Swann's Point Road. Georgian.