Augusta County, Virginia

Founding: 1745 (declared in 1738)
Parent county: Orange
Namesake: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales
Seat: Staunton (1746–)
Land area: 967 square miles
Population (2020): 77,487
Population (historic): 10,886 (1790); 19,628 (1840); 28,763 (1870); 32,370 (1900); 38,163 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1920–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns; 17 CDPs
National Register listings: 56 (plus 35 in Staunton and 11 in Waynesboro)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,848 (11.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,262
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,736

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,759
Average farm size (1920): 79.6 acres
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Staunton

 
Namesake: Rebecca Staunton, wife of William Gooch, Virginia governor
Founding: 1746 (platting); 1792 (post office); 1801 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 25,750
Population (historic): 3,875 (1860); 6,664 (1880); 7,289 (1900); 11,990 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1900s; 1920–1970; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,333 (19.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Alexander House (c. 1827). 943 Almo Chapel Road. Federal.
2. *House (c. 1915). 113 Dam Town Road. Classical Revival.
3. *Kasper Coiner Farm (c. 1860/1900). 2997 Hermitage Road. Italianate.
4. *Bethel Green / James Bumgardner Farm (1857). 1004 Howardsville Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
5. *Folly / Joseph Smith Farm (1818). 1321 Lee Highway. Federal.
6. *Augusta Military Academy (1915). 1640 Lee Highway. English Revival.
7. *House (c. 1840). 117 Middlebrook Road. Federal.
8. *Mount Pleasant / John Archer Farm (c. 1765). 879 Middle River Road.
9. *Intervale / Jonathan Shirley Farm (c. 1819). 4855 Morris Mill Road. Greek Revival.
10. *Long Glade / William Howell Farm (1848–1852). 746 Mount Solon Road. Greek Revival.
11. *Augusta Presbyterian Church (1749/1921–1922). 28 Old Stone Church Road.
12. *David Bell Farm (c. 1855). 1546 Sanger's Lane. Italianate.
13. *Swannanoa / James Dooley Estate (1912–1913). 497 Swannanoa Lane. Renaissance Revival.
14. *Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church (1850). 30 Tinkling Spring Road. Greek Revival.
15. *Napoleon Buck House (c. 1855). 568 Whetstone Draft Road. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
16. *Chapel Hill / John Churchman Farm (1834). 768 White Hill Road. Federal.
17. *Jacob Bare House (c. 1857). 157 Wilda Road. Greek Revival.