Rockingham County, Virginia
Founding: 1778 Parent county: Augusta Namesake: Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquess of Rockingham Seat: Harrisonburg (1779–) Land area: 849 square miles Population (2020): 83,757 Population (historic): 7,449 (1790); 17,344 (1840); 23,668 (1870); 33,527 (1900); 29,709 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1910; 1930–2020 Subdivisions: One city; seven towns; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,728 (10.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,076 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,754 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,638 Average farm size (1920): 65.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Har...