New Kent County, Virginia

Founding: 1654
Parent county: York
Namesake: Kent, England
Seat: New Kent (1654–)
Land area: 210 square miles
Population (2020): 22,945
Population (historic): 6,239 (1790); 6,230 (1840); 4,381 (1870); 4,865 (1900); 4,300 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1870s; 1950–2020
Subdivisions: One CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 534 (6.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,141
Average outbuilding value (1930): $470

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 679
Average farm size (1920): 36.6 acres
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New Kent

 
Namesake: Kent, England
Founding: circa 1654 (founding); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 739
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 38 (13.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Criss-Cross / George Poindexter Farm (c. 1690/1790). 9701 Criss Cross Road.
2. Hampstead / Conrade Webb House (c. 1825). 5000 Hampstead Lane. Greek Revival/Federal.
3. Poplar Grove / William Chamberlayne Farm (c. 1730). 9100 Old River Road. Georgian.
4. Olivet Presbyterian Church (1857). 5700 Olivet Church Road. Greek Revival.
5. South Garden / Charles Smith Farm (c. 1825/1826/1840). 6331 Pocahontas Trail.
6. St. Peter's Anglican Church (1701–1703/1739–1741). 8400 St. Peter's Lane. Jacobean.

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