King George County, Virginia


Founding: 1721
Parent county: Richmond
Namesake: George I of Great Britain
Seat: King George (1720–)
Land area: 180 square miles
Population (2020): 26,723
Population (historic): 7,366 (1790); 5,927 (1840); 5,742 (1870); 6,918 (1900); 5,297 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870–1900; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: Five CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 391 (3.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.4%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,320
Average outbuilding value (1930): $506
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,008
Average farm size (1920): 47.3 acres
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King George
 
Namesake: George I of Great Britain
Founding: 1720 (founding); 1800 (post office)
Population (2020): 4,970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 34 (2%)
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