Lee County, Virginia

 

Founding: 1793
Parent county: Russell

Namesake: Henry Lee, Virginia governor
Seat: Jonesville (1794–)

Land area: 436 square miles

Population (2020): 22,173

Population (historic): 3,538 (1800); 8,441 (1840); 13,268 (1870); 19,856 (1900); 30,419 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1940; 1970s; 2000s

Subdivisions: Three towns; four CDPs

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,322 (11.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $620
Average outbuilding value (1930): $296
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,908
Average farm size (1920): 51.4 acres
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Jonesville

Namesake: Frederick Jones, perhaps a local landowner

Founding: 1794 (platting); 1802 (post office); 1834 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 872

Population (historic): 274 (1870); 383 (1910); 328 (1920); 384 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1920–1960; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 68 (10.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *DeVault Farm (c. 1860). 982 Lower Wallen's Creek Road. Italianate.
2. *William Sayers Farm (c. 1796/1895). 110 Mable Parkey Drive.
3. *Benjamin Dickinson House (c. 1848). 32883 Main Street.
4. *Farm (c. 1900). Middle Wallen's Creek Road and Sugar Maple Drive. Eastlake.
5. *Elydale / William Ely Farm (1877/1910s). 8051 Wilderness Road. Classical Revival.
6. *James Orr House (c. 1890). 32537 Wilderness Road. Stick.