Gloucester County, Virginia

Founding: 1651
Parent county: York
Namesake: Gloucestershire, England
Seat: Gloucester (1680s–)
Land area: 218 square miles
Population (2020): 38,711
Population (historic): 13,498 (1790); 10,715 (1840); 10,211 (1870); 12,832 (1900); 11,019 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800s; 1820–1840; 1850s; 1870s; 1890s; 1940–2020
Subdivisions: Two CDPs
National Register listings: 34
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,118 (6.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,196
Average outbuilding value (1930): $523
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,811
Average farm size (1920): 24.9 acres
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Gloucester

 
Namesake: Gloucester County
Founding: circa 1680 (founding); 1769 (platting); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 3,030
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 92 (8.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Burgh Westra / Philip Taliaferro House (1851). 8719 Burgh Westra Lane. Gothic Revival.
2. *John Stubbs House (c. 1750). 3198 Cappahosic Road. Georgian.
3. *Ware Anglican Church (c. 1740). 7827 Clayton Highway. Georgian.
4. *Little England / John Perrin House (c. 1775). 8066 Little England Road. Georgian.
5. *Kempsville / Broaddus House (c. 1750). 3314 Puller Highway. Georgian.
6. *Rosewell / Mann Page Mansion Ruins (1725–1730s). 5113 Rosewell Plantation Lane. Georgian. Burned in 1916.
7. *Timberneck / John Catlett House (c. 1810/1850). 3084 Timberneck Farm Road. Federal.
8. *Toddsbury / Todd–Tabb Estate (c. 1740/1784). 8777 Toddsbury Lane. Georgian.
9. *Airville / Dixon–Smith House (c. 1750/1836–1840). 6423 T.C. Walker Road. Greek Revival.
10. *Abingdon Anglican Church (c. 1755). 4645 Washington Highway. Georgian.
11. *White Hall / Samuel Byrd House (c. 1836). 5631 White Hall Road. Greek Revival.