Louisa County, Virginia

Founding: 1742
Parent county: Hanover
Namesake: Louise of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark
Seat: Louisa (1750s–)
Land area: 496 square miles
Population (2020): 37,596
Population (historic): 8,467 (1790); 15,433 (1840); 16,332 (1870); 16,517 (1900); 14,309 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1910s; 1950–2020
Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 932 (5.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $978
Average outbuilding value (1930): $460

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,088
Average farm size (1920): 45.5 acres
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Louisa

 
Namesake: Louise of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark
Founding: circa 1757 (founding); 1800 (post office); 1873 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,987
Population (historic): 315 (1880); 261 (1900); 301 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900s; 1920–1940; 1950–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 112 (12.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Bracketts / Watson Farm (1799/1858). 1115 Bracketts Farm Road. Italianate.
2. William Baker House (c. 1856). 10074 West Gordon Avenue. Greek Revival.
3. Green Springs / Richard Morris Farm (1772). 139 Green Springs Lane.
4. St. John's Chapel (1888). 2217 Green Springs Road. Gothic Revival.
5. Hawkwood / Richard Morris Farm (1855). 278 Hawkwood Lane. Italianate.
6. Oakleigh (1856). 3535 Jack Jouett Road. Italianate.
7. Sunny Banks (1888). 4132 Jack Jouett Road. Queen Anne.
8. Cuckoo / Henry Pendleton Farm (c. 1819). 6373 Jefferson Highway. Federal.
9. Elk Creek Baptist Church (1849). 5916 Kentucky Springs Road. Classical Revival.
10. Longwood / George Gordon House (1859). 924 Longwood Drive. Italianate.
11. Grassdale / James Morris Farm (1861). 6450 James Madison Highway. Italianate.
12. Jerdone Castle / Jerdone–Coleman House (c. 1745/1858). 1779 Moodytown Road. Italianate.
13. Westend / Susan Watson Farm (1849). 1423 Nolting Road. Classical Revival.
14. Kenmuir / Wellington Gordon Farm (c. 1855). 3560 Poindexter Road. Gothic Revival.
15. Glen Burnie (c. 1820/1855). 6319 Poindexter Road. Gothic Revival.

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