Amherst County, Virginia


Founding: 1761
Parent county: Albemarle
Namesake: Jeffery Amherst, British army officer
Seat: Amherst (1807–)
Land area: 474 square miles
Population (2020): 31,307
Population (historic): 13,703 (1790); 12,576 (1840); 14,900 (1870); 17,864 (1900); 19,020 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1820–1880; 1890–1920; 1930–1980; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One town; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,569 (11%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.9%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.7%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,005
Average outbuilding value (1930): $435
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 acres
Number of farms (1920): 2,472
Average farm size (1920): 44.3 acres
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Amherst
 
Namesake: Amherst County
Founding: 1803 (post office); 1910 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,110
Population (historic): 590 (1890); 618 (1910); 876 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1920–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 224 (18.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Athlone / Rose–Chewning Farm (c. 1810/1856). 194 Athalone Lane. Greek Revival. Razed.
  2. Edge Hill / Isaac Walker Farm (1833). 1380 Edgehill Plantation Road. Federal.
  3. David Garland House (c. 1803). 854 Fletcher's Level Road. Federal.
  4. Fairview / Nathan Taliaferro Farm (1867). 2416 Lowesville Road. Italianate.
  5. Red Hill / Charles Ellis Farm (1824–1825). 180 Minor's Branch Road. Federal.
  6. Dulwich Manor / Herman Page Estate (1909). 550 Richmond Highway. Classical Revival.
  7. Emmanuel Baptist Church (1907). 205 Sandidges Road. Gothic Revival.
  8. Winesap (c. 1910). 116 Winridge Drive. Classical Revival.
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