Shenandoah County, Virginia

Founding: 1772
Parent county: Frederick

Namesake: The Shenandoah River
Seat: Woodstock (1772–)

Land area: 509 square miles

Population (2020): 44,186

Population (historic): 10,510 (1790); 11,618 (1840); 14,936 (1870); 20,253 (1900); 20,655 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1830; 1840–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Six towns; two CDPs

National Register listings: 38

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,384 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,632
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,100
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,388
Average farm size (1920): 58.5 acres
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Woodstock

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1752 (platting as Mullerstadt); 1761 (incorporation); 1792 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,807

Population (historic): 998 (1860); 1,000 (1880); 1,069 (1900); 1,552 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1920; 1940–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 299 (12.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Beeler House (1833). 2 Battlefield Road.
2. *Hiram Clem Farm (1880). 291 Belgravia Road. Eastlake.
3. *Lawrence Snapp Log House (c. 1750). 139 Copp Road.
4. *Shenandoah County Poor Farm (1829/1850s). 200 County Farm Lane. Razed.
5. *Fort Bowman / George Bowman House (c. 1771). 242 Fort Bowman Road.
6. *Miller Farm (c. 1820). 827 Fox Den Road.
7. *Mount Pleasant / Isaac Bowman Farm (1812). 292 Hite Lane. Federal.
8. *John Moore House (1871). 5588 Main Street. Italianate.
9. *Peter Hupp House (c. 1755). 551 North Massanutten Street.
10. *Jacob Kagey Farm (c. 1860). 10107 South Middle Road. Italianate.
11. *Frey's Fort (c. 1750). 604 Moore's Ford Road.
12. *Mount Airy / William Steenbergen Farm (1799–1800). Mount Airy Lane, east of Old Valley Pike. Federal.
13. *Locust Vale (c. 1875). 817 Old Bridge Road. Italianate.
14. *Good House (c. 1890). 2883 Old Valley Pike. Queen Anne.
15. *House (c. 1870). 3455 Old Valley Pike. Italianate.
16. *Israel Allen Farm (c. 1840). 10648 Old Valley Pike. Greek Revival.
17. *Wunder Farm (c. 1890). 21829 Old Valley Pike. Queen Anne.
18. *Spengler House (1812). 31501 Old Valley Pike. Federal.
19. *Zirkle Mill (c. 1795). 108 Quicksburg Road.
20. *Edge Hill (c. 1830). 3757 Quicksburg Road. Greek Revival.
21. *Roselawn (c. 1840). 310 Red Banks Road. Greek Revival.
22. *Clover Hill (1851). 2877 Saumsville Road. Italianate.
23. *Mounce House (c. 1790). 8438 Smith Creek Road.
24. *Milton Campbell Farm (1888–1889). 1610 Stoney Creek Road. Queen Anne.
25. Farm (c. 1840). 4689 Wissler Road. Classical Revival.