Buchanan County, Virginia

 

Founding: 1858
Parent counties: Russell and Tazewell

Namesake: James Buchanan, U.S. president
Seat: Grundy (1858–)

Land area: 503 square miles

Population (2020): 20,355

Population (historic): 2,793 (1860); 5,694 (1880); 9,692 (1900); 16,740 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960; 1970s

Subdivisions: One town; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 811 (7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $558
Average outbuilding value (1930): $211
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,997
Average farm size (1920): 32.9 acres
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Grundy

Namesake: Felix Grundy, Tennessee politician

Founding: 1858 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1876 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 875

Population (historic): 123 (1880); 200 (1900); 815 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (10.5%)
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