Culpeper County, Virginia
Founding: 1749 Parent county: Orange Namesake: Thomas Colepeper, Virginia colonial governor Seat: Culpeper (1749–) Land area: 379 square miles Population (2020): 52,552 Population (historic): 22,105 (1790); 11,393 (1840); 12,227 (1870); 14,123 (1900); 13,306 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1810–1830; 1840s; 1860–1880; 1890s; 1950–2020 Subdivisions: One town Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,563 (8.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,042 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,108 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,719 Average farm size (1920): 86 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Culpeper Namesake: ...