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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Bloomsbury / Taylor–Quarles House (c. 1722/1797). 11001 Bloomsbury Road.
2. Lessland / Joseph Halsey House (1871). 4256 Bushy Mountain Road. Italianate/Classical Revival.
3. Rockwood / John Willis House (1848). 12225 Chicken Mountain Road. Eclectic.
4. Burlington / James Newman Farm (1850–1851). 6400 Constitution Highway. Greek Revival.
5. Montpelier / James Madison Estate (c. 1764/1797–1800/1809–1812). 11350 Constitution Highway. Georgian/Classical Revival.
6. Williston / Joseph Hiden House (1867). 13430 Constitution Highway. Italianate/Classical Revival.
7. Frascati / Philip Barbour Farm (1821–1823). 9299 Frascita Drive. Greek Revival.
8. Hare Forest / Francis Dade Farm (c. 1815). 8369 Hare Forest Road. Federal.
9. Barboursville Ruins / James Barbour House (c. 1822). Mansion Road, south of Barboursville. Classical Revival. Burned in 1884.
10. Mayhurst / John Willis House (1860). 12460 Mayhurst Lane. Italianate.
11. Mount Sharon / Ellsworth Augustus Estate (1937). 19184 Mount Sharon Road. Georgian Revival.
12. Berry Hill / Reynolds Chapman Farm (1827). 12261 Old Gordonsville Road. Federal.
13. Wood Park / Taliaferro–Willis House (c. 1799/1855). 7756 Old Rapidan Road. Federal.
14. Orange Springs / James Coleman Farm (c. 1790/1850). 25270 Orange Springs Road. Greek Revival.
15. Willow Grove / William Clark Farm (c. 1800/1848). 14079 Plantation Way. Greek Revival.
16. Waddell Presbyterian Church (1874). 7113 Rapidan Road. Gothic Revival.
17. Rocklands / Atkinson–Neale Estate (c. 1905/1933–1935). 17439 Rocklands Drive. Classical Revival.
18. Tetley / William Smith Farm (1843/1940s). 9625 Tetley Drive. Greek Revival.
19. Black Meadow / John Scott Farm (1856/1916). 17379 Wolf Trap Drive. Greek Revival.

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