The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1808 Parent county:  Amherst Namesake:  Thomas Nelson, Jr., Virginia politician Seat:  Lovingston (1807–) Land area:  471 square miles Population (2020):  14,775 Population (historic):  9,684 (1810); 12,287 (1840); 13,898 (1870); 16,075 (1900); 16,345 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1880; 1890–1920; 1970–2010 Subdivisions:  Five CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,455 (14.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  33.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  22.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  33.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,035 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $554 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,066 Average farm size (1920):  48.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Lovingston   Namesake:  The Loving f...

Founding:  1785 Parent county:  Jefferson Namesake:  Thomas Nelson, Virginia politician Seat:  Bardstown (1785–) Land area:  418 square miles Population (2020):  46,738 Population (historic):  11,315 (1790); 14,932 (1830); 14,804 (1870); 16,587 (1900); 16,551 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–2020 Subdivisions:  Four cities; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,359 (7.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  34.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  29% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,058 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $675 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,869 Average farm size (1920):  84.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Bard...