Alleghany County, Virginia

Founding: 1822
Parent counties: Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe

Namesake: The Allegheny Mountains
Seat: Covington (1822–)

Land area: 445 square miles

Population (2020): 15,223

Population (historic): 2,815 (1830); 3,515 (1850); 3,674 (1870); 16,330 (1900); 20,188 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1840–1860; 1870–1900; 1920–1950; 1960–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; three CDPs

National Register listings: 14 (plus five in Covington)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,565 (19.5%)

Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,489
Average outbuilding value (1930): $904
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 621
Average farm size (1920): 51 acres
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Covington

Namesake: Leonard Covington, U.S. army general

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1820 (post office); 1902 (incorporation); 1952 (independence)

Population (2020): 5,737

Population (historic): 436 (1880); 2,950 (1900); 6,538 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 819 (27.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Crow's Tavern / John Crow House (c. 1795/1800/1830). 3305 Dunlap Creek Road. Razed.
2. *Oak Grove / Henry Massie Farm (1825–1826). 5515 Hot Springs Road. Federal.
3. *Chalybeate Springs Hotel (c. 1850). Kanawha Trail and Stone Road. Razed.
4. *Jacob Persinger House (c. 1757/1888). 3728 Llama Drive.
5. *Glen Haven (1832). 4301 Longdale Furnace Road. Federal.
6. *Harry Firmstone House (1877). 6209 Longdale Furnace Road. Eastlake.
7. *Fudge House (c. 1798/1826/1897/1910). 620 Parklin Drive. Federal/Eastlake.
8. *Wood Hall / William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Estate (1874). 207 Thorny Lane. Gothic Revival.