Amherst County, Virginia
Founding: 1761 Parent county: Albemarle Namesake: Jeffery Amherst, British army officer Seat: Amherst (1807–) Land area: 474 square miles Population (2020): 31,307 Population (historic): 13,703 (1790); 12,576 (1840); 14,900 (1870); 17,864 (1900); 19,020 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1820–1880; 1890–1920; 1930–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: One town; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,569 (11%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,005 Average outbuilding value (1930): $435 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 acres Number of farms (1920): 2,472 Average farm size (1920): 44.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ ...