Orange County, Virginia

Founding: 1734
Parent county: Spotsylvania

Namesake: William of Orange, English king
Seat: Raccoon Ford (1734–1749); Orange (1749–)

Land area: 341 square miles

Population (2020): 36,254

Population (historic): 9,921 (1790); 14,637 (1830); 10,396 (1870); 12,571 (1900); 12,070 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1900s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,015 (6.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,189
Average outbuilding value (1930): $638
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,394
Average farm size (1920): 76.2 acres
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Orange

Namesake: Orange County

Founding: circa 1749 (founding); 1796 (post office); 1799 (platting)

Population (2020): 5,062

Population (historic): 731 (1870); 571 (1890); 674 (1910); 1,381 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1900–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 306 (16%)
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