Augusta County, Virginia
Founding: 1745 (declared in 1738) Parent county: Orange Namesake: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales Seat: Staunton (1746–) Land area: 967 square miles Population (2020): 77,487 Population (historic): 10,886 (1790); 19,628 (1840); 28,763 (1870); 32,370 (1900); 38,163 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1920–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns; 17 CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,848 (11.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,262 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,736 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,759 Average farm size (1920): 79.6 acres _____________________________________________________________...