Northampton County, Virginia

Founding: 1634
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Northamptonshire, England
Seat: Eastville (1690–)
Land area: 212 square miles
Population (2020): 12,282
Population (historic): 6,889 (1790); 7,715 (1840); 8,046 (1870); 13,770 (1900); 18,565 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1850–1930; 1970s
Subdivisions: Five town; two CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,489 (20%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,249
Average outbuilding value (1930): $964

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,259
Average farm size (1920): 38.1 acres
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Eastville

 
Namesake: Perhaps a reference to the Eastern Shore
Founding: 1690 (founding); 1773 (platting as Northampton Court House); 1792 (post office)
Population (2020): 300
Population (historic): 313 (1900); 332 (1920); 316 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1930; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 92 (28.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Hungar's Episcopal Church (1742). 10118 Bayside Road. Georgian.
2. Brownsville / John Upshur House (1806/1809). 11369 Brownsville Road. Federal.
3. Chatham / Scarborough Pitts Farm (1818). 9218 Chatham Road. Federal.
4. Cessford / John Kerr House (c. 1801). 16546 Courthouse Road. Federal.
5. Eyre Hall / Littleton Eyre House (c. 1735/1760/1807). 3215 Eyre Hall Drive. Georgian.
6. Grapeland / Edward Addison House (c. 1825). 3745 Grapeland Circle. Federal.
7. Kendall Grove / George Parker House (c. 1813/1840). 5304 Kendall Grove Road. Federal.
8. Lower Northampton Baptist Church (c. 1900). 24280 Lankford Highway. Gothic Revival.
9. Leaven Smith House (c. 1730). Smith Lane, east of Occohannock Neck Road. Razed.
10. Vaucluse / Upshur House (c. 1784/1829). 3352 Vaucluse Lane. Federal.

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