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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