Charles City County, Virginia

Founding: 1634
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Charles I, King of England
Seat: City Point (1634–1639); Westover (1639–1730); Charles City (1730–)
Land area: 183 square miles
Population (2020): 6,773
Population (historic): 5,588 (1790); 4,774 (1840); 4,975 (1870); 5,040 (1900); 4,881 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1810–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–1980; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 217 (6.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $880
Average outbuilding value (1930): $541

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 614
Average farm size (1920): 46.6 acres
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Charles City

 
Namesake: Charles City County
Founding: 1730 (founding); 1801 (post office)
Population (2020): 104
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14 (48.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Bethany Presbyterian Church (1869). 8001 Adkins Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
2. Charles City County Courthouse (c. 1755). 10710 Courthouse Road. Georgian.
3. Margots / Francis Dancy House (c. 1710). 12500 Eagle's Nest Road. Georgian.
4. Berkeley / Benjamin Harrison Farm (1726). 12410 Harrison Landing Road. Georgian.
5. Edgewood / Richard Rowland House (1854). 4800 John Tyler Highway. Gothic Revival.
6. Westover Anglican Church (1731). 6401 John Tyler Highway. Georgian.
7. Sherwood Forest / John Tyler Farm (c. 1780/1845). 14507 John Tyler Highway. Federal.
8. Mount Stirling / William Jerdone Farm (1851). 5000 Mount Stirling Farm Road. Greek Revival.
9. The Rowe / Minge House (remodeled c. 1805). 16901 Sandy Point Road. Federal. Razed.
10. Shirley / John Carter Farm (1738). 461 Shirley Plantation Road. Georgian.
11. Upper Shirley / William Carter Farm (1868–1870/1890–1891). 700 Shirley Plantation Road. Classical Revival.
12. Westover / William Byrd Farm (c. 1755/1900). 7000 Westover Road. Georgian.
13. Weyanoke / Fielding Lewis Farm (1798/1940s). 14440 Weyanoke Road. Georgian.

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