The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1692 Parent county:  Rappahannock Namesake:  Charles Lennox, First Duke of Richmond Seat:   Lansdown (1692–1730s); Warsaw (1730s–) Land area:  191 square miles Population (2020):  8,923 Population (historic):  6,985 (1790); 5,965 (1840); 6,503 (1870); 7,088 (1900); 6,878 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1800; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1900–1920; 1950s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions:  One town Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  401 (10.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  33.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  3.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  16% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  21.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $894 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $313 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,222 Average farm size (1920):  33.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Wa...

Founding:  1683 Parent county:  The colony of New Netherland Namesake:  Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond Seat:  New Dorp (1683–1729); Richmondtown (1729–1913); St. George (1913–) Land area:  59 square miles Population (2020):  495,747  Population (historic):  3,835 (1790); 7,082 (1830); 33,029 (1870); 67,021 (1900); 158,346 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–2020 Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  34,731 (19.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  66.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  20.6% Housing in disrepair (1950):  3.1% _________________________________________________________________________________ Richmondtown  (ex-seat) Namesake:  Richmond County Founding:  1728 (platting) _________________________________________________________________________________ View and filter the data . Or  see a map . _______________________________________________________...