Rockingham County, Virginia

Founding: 1778
Parent county: Augusta
Namesake: Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquess of Rockingham
Seat: Harrisonburg (1779–)
Land area: 849 square miles
Population (2020): 83,757
Population (historic): 7,449 (1790); 17,344 (1840); 23,668 (1870); 33,527 (1900); 29,709 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1910; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: One city; seven towns; three CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,728 (10.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,076
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,754
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,638
Average farm size (1920): 65.1 acres
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Harrisonburg

 
Namesake: Thomas Harrison, owner of the city site
Founding: 1779 (platting as Rocktown); 1780 (incorporation); 1792 (post office)
Population (2020): 51,814
Population (historic): 1,023 (1860); 2,831 (1880); 3,521 (1900); 7,232 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,587 (8.7%)
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