Richmond County, Virginia

Founding: 1692
Parent county: Rappahannock
Namesake: Charles Lennox, First Duke of Richmond
Seat: Lansdown (1692–1730s); Warsaw (1730s–)
Land area: 191 square miles
Population (2020): 8,923
Population (historic): 6,985 (1790); 5,965 (1840); 6,503 (1870); 7,088 (1900); 6,878 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1900–1920; 1950s; 1970–2010
Subdivisions: One town
National Register listings: 11
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 401 (10.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $894
Average outbuilding value (1930): $313

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,222
Average farm size (1920): 33.4 acres
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Warsaw

 
Namesake: Warsaw, Poland
Founding: circa 1730 (founding as Richmond Courthouse); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 1,637
Population (historic): 115 (1880); 435 (1950); 549 (1960)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19 (2.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Farnham Episcopal Church (c. 1737/1922). 231 North Farnham Church Road. Georgian.
2. *Menokin / Francis Lee House Ruins (1769–1775). 4037 Menokin Road. Georgian.
3. *Mount Airy / John Tayloe Estate (1748–1758). 361 Mill Pond Road. Georgian.
4. *Sabine Hall / Landon Carter Estate (c. 1740/1829). 1270 Sabine Hall Road. Georgian/Classical Revival.
5. *Indian Banks / William Glascock House (c. 1728). 2494 Simonson Road. Georgian.