Powhatan County, Virginia
Founding: 1777 Parent county: Cumberland Namesake: Powhatan, Powhatan chief Seat: Powhatan (1777–) Land area: 260 square miles Population (2020): 30,033 Population (historic): 6,822 (1790); 7,924 (1840); 7,667 (1870); 6,824 (1900); 6,143 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1910s; 1950–2020 Subdivisions: One CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 415 (3.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,351 Average outbuilding value (1930): $671 Average farmhouse size (1940): Number of farms (1920): 1,048 Average farm size (1920): 45 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Powhatan Namesake: Powhatan,...