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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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.

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