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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