The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1791 Parent counties:  Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier Namesake:  Bath, England Seat:  Warm Springs (1791–) Land area:  529 square miles Population (2020):  4,209 Population (historic):  5,508 (1800); 4,300 (1840); 3,795 (1870); 5,595 (1900); 8,137 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1800; 1810s; 1830s; 1850–1910; 1920s; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions:  Two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  821 (24.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  48.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  15% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  14.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  21% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,237 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,125 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  639 Average farm size (1920):  65.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Warm Springs...

Founding:  1811 Parent county:  Montgomery Namesake:  Springs within the county Seat:  Owingsville (1811–) Land area:  279 square miles Population (2020):  12,750 Population (historic):  7,961 (1820); 12,113 (1860); 14,734 (1900); 11,075 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1850; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions:  Three cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  681 (12.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  22.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  11.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $639 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $511 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,005 Average farm size (1920):  45.6 acres ___________________________________________________________________________________ Owingsville Namesake:  Thomas Owings...