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
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.

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