Lunenburg County, Virginia

Founding: 1746
Parent county: Brunswick

Namesake: Lüneburg, Germany
Seat: Lunenburg (1784–)

Land area: 432 square miles

Population (2020): 11,936

Population (historic): 8,959 (1790); 11,055 (1840); 10,403 (1870); 11,705 (1900); 14,058 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1920; 1940s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 589 (9.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $807
Average outbuilding value (1930): $433
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,108
Average farm size (1920): 36.1 acres
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Lunenburg

Namesake: Lunenburg County

Founding: circa 1784 (founding as Lewiston); 1798 (post office); 1816 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 142

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Brickland / Sterling Neblett Farm (1818/1822). 6877 Brickland Road. Federal.
2. *Spring Bank / John Ravenscroft House (1793). 1070 Courthouse Road. Federal.
3. *Eubank Hall / John Eubank House (c. 1795/1810/1846). 319 Eubank Road.
4. House (c. 1890). 5625 Fort Mitchell Road. Italianate/Eastlake.
5. *Midlothian (c. 1770/1810s). 2115 Hinkle Road. Federal.
6. *Elmwood (c. 1845/1860). 562 Newcomb Bridge Road. Gothic Revival.
7. *Woodlawn (1818). 2039 Pleasant Hill Lane. Federal.