Buckingham County, Virginia

Founding: 1761
Parent county: Albemarle

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Buckinghamshire, England
Seat: Buckingham (1761–1818); Buckingham (1818–)

Land area: 580 square miles

Population (2020): 16,824

Population (historic): 9,779 (1790); 18,786 (1840); 13,371 (1870); 15,266 (1900); 13,315 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–1840; 1850s; 1870s; 1890s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One town; two CDPs

National Register listings: 12

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 707 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 34%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $856
Average outbuilding value (1930): $413
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,273
Average farm size (1920): 43.4 acres
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Buckingham

Namesake: Buckingham County

Founding: 1818 (founding as Maysville); 1818 (post office)

Population (2020): 129

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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1880). 5059 Andersonville Road. Italianate.
2. *Bryn Arvon / Evan Williams House (c. 1891). 1207 Arvon Road. Queen Anne.
3. *Gwyn Arvon / John Williams House (c. 1895). 1211 Arvon Road. Queen Anne.
4. *Chellowe / Philip Bolling Farm (c. 1820/1840). 2028 Chellowe Road. Federal.
5. *Hickory Grove (1829). 4688 James Madison Highway. Federal.
6. *Cacerta (c. 1850). 6308 James Madison Highway. Greek Revival.
7. *Perry Hill / William Hall Farm (c. 1852). 7878 James River Road. Gothic Revival.
8. *Woodside / William Swoope House (c. 1860). 301 Mohawk Road. Greek Revival.