Greene County, Virginia

 

Founding: 1838
Parent county: Orange

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Stanardsville (1838–)

Land area: 156 square miles

Population (2020): 20,552

Population (historic): 4,232 (1840); 5,022 (1860); 5,830 (1880); 6,214 (1900); 5,980 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One town; two CDPs

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 479 (5.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $881
Average outbuilding value (1930): $487
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 834
Average farm size (1920): 56.6 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________

Stanardsville

Namesake: William Stanard, owner of the town site

Founding: 1794 (platting); 1807 (post office); 1829 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 349

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37 (17.8%)
_________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Mountain View (c. 1830). 9 Golden Horseshoe Road. Federal.