Greensville County, Virginia

Founding: 1781
Parent county: Brunswick
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Richard Grenville, English explorer
Seat: Emporia (1781–)
Land area: 295 square miles
Population (2020): 11,391
Population (historic): 6,362 (1790); 6,366 (1840); 6,362 (1870); 9,758 (1900); 13,388 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1850s; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–1950; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: One city; one town
National Register listings: Four (plus seven in Emporia)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 407 (9.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $716
Average outbuilding value (1930): $317

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,328
Average farm size (1920): 33.7 acres
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Emporia

 
Namesake: Emporia, Kansas
Founding: pre-1781 (founding as Hicksford); 1794 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,766
Population (historic): 1,088 (1890); 2,018 (1910); 2,144 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900s; 1920–1950; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 198 (7.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Spring Hill / William Andrews House (c. 1780). 500 Batts Drive. Razed.
2. *Alexander Batte House (c. 1815/1830). 318 Scotland Road.