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

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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