Powhatan County, Virginia


Founding: 1777
Parent county: Cumberland
Namesake: Powhatan, Powhatan chief
Seat: Powhatan (1777–)
Land area: 260 square miles
Population (2020): 30,033
Population (historic): 6,822 (1790); 7,924 (1840); 7,667 (1870); 6,824 (1900); 6,143 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1910s; 1950–2020
Subdivisions: One CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 415 (3.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.5%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.1%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,351
Average outbuilding value (1930): $671
Average farmhouse size (1940): 
Number of farms (1920): 1,048
Average farm size (1920): 45 acres
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Powhatan
 
Namesake: Powhatan, Powhatan chief
Founding: 1777 (founding); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 402
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20 (8.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Belnemus / James Clarke Farm (c. 1795/1900). 4950 Anderson Highway. Federal.
  2. Beaumont / William Walthall Farm (1811/1840s). 3500 Beaumont Road. Federal.
  3. Belmead / Philip Cocke Estate (1845). 5004 Cartersville Road. Gothic Revival.
  4. Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1847). 2930 Emanuel Church Road. Gothic Revival.
  5. Paxton / Ennion Skelton Farm (c. 1820). 3032 Genito Road. Federal.
  6. Seth Hatcher Farm (c. 1845). 3630 Goodwyn Road. Italianate.
  7. Norwood / Harris–Randolph Farm (c. 1790/1835). 1470 Huguenot Trail. Federal/Greek Revival.
  8. Elmington / Robert Dabney Farm (1858–1859). 3277 Maidens Road. Italianate.
  9. Farm (c. 1845). 1600 Mill Quarter Road. Greek Revival.
  10. Fighting Creek Farm / John Harvie House (c. 1841). 1811 Mill Quarter Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
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