Brunswick County, Virginia

Founding: 1733 (declared in 1720)
Parent county: Prince George
Namesake: The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Seat: Lawrenceville (1783–)
Land area: 566 square miles
Population (2020): 15,849
Population (historic): 12,827 (1790); 14,346 (1840); 13,427 (1870); 18,217 (1900); 20,486 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810s; 1850s; 1870–1920; 1940s; 1980–2000
Subdivisions: Three towns; three CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 962 (11.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $709
Average outbuilding value (1930): $392

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,842
Average farm size (1920): 36.5 acres
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Lawrenceville

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1783 (founding); 1814 (platting); 1826 (post office); 1874 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,014
Population (historic): 238 (1880); 760 (1900); 1,629 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1950; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 191 (31.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Wilkins–Brodnax House (1831–1833/1860). 1065 Brodnax Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
2. William Mason House (c. 1780/1830). 1050 Christanna Highway.
3. Edward Dromgoole House (c. 1797). 2578 Christanna Highway.
4. Hobson's Choice / Richard Feild Farm (1794). 3576 Old Bridge Road.
5. House (c. 1900). 238 Robinson Ferry Road. Eastlake.
6. Bentfield / John Jones House (c. 1810). Southeast of Union Woods Road. Razed.

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