Frederick County, Virginia

Founding: 1743 (declared in 1738)
Parent county: Orange

Namesake: Frederick, Prince of Wales
Seat: Winchester (1744–)

Land area: 414 square miles

Population (2020): 91,419

Population (historic): 19,681 (1790); 14,242 (1840); 16,596 (1870); 13,239 (1900); 13,167 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1830; 1840–1890; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; two CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,055 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 57.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 30.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,791
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,199
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,725
Average farm size (1920): 82.8 acres
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Winchester

Namesake: Winchester, England

Founding: 1744 (platting as Fredericktown); 1792 (post office); 1752 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 28,120

Population (historic): 3,454 (1840); 4,392 (1860); 4,958 (1880); 5,161 (1900); 10,855 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1890; 1900–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,841 (23.8%)
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