Lancaster County, Virginia

Founding: 1651
Parent counties: Northumberland and York
Namesake: Lancaster, England
Seat: Lancaster (1740–)
Land area: 133 square miles
Population (2020): 10,919
Population (historic): 5,638 (1790); 4,628 (1840); 5,355 (1870); 8,949 (1900); 8,896 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800s; 1840–1910; 1950s; 1970–2000
Subdivisions: Three towns; two CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 940 (12.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $944
Average outbuilding value (1930): $313

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,256
Average farm size (1920): 22.2 acres
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Lancaster

 
Namesake: Lancaster, England
Founding: 1740 (founding); 1792 (post office)
Population (2020): 105
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Belle Isle / Griffin–Downman Farm (1767/1802). 1029 Belle Isle Road. Georgian.
2. Christ Anglican Church (1735). 420 Christ Church Road. Georgian.
3. Morattico Baptist Church (1856). 924 Morattico Church Road. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
4. Verville / James Gordon House (c. 1745/1810). 124 West Point Road.
5. St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1741). 5940 White Chapel Road. Georgian.

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