Lunenburg County, Virginia
Founding: 1746 Parent county: Brunswick Namesake: Lüneburg, Germany Seat: Lunenburg (1784–) Land area: 432 square miles Population (2020): 11,936 Population (historic): 8,959 (1790); 11,055 (1840); 10,403 (1870); 11,705 (1900); 14,058 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1920; 1940s; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 589 (9.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $807 Average outbuilding value (1930): $433 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,108 Average farm size (1920): 36.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Lunenburg Namesake: Lunenburg C...