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Augusta County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
60historic places
—earliest paper
1738formed
77,487pop. 2020
31cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 60 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Middlebrook, Staunton, Luray.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Augusta titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

34 of 60 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

60 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alexander, James, HouseSpottswoodBuilding1982
Archeological Site No. AU-154LuraySite1985
Augusta County Training SchoolCedar GreenBuilding1986
Augusta Military AcademyFort DefianceBuilding1983
Augusta Stone ChurchFort DefianceBuilding1973
Bare House and MillStuarts DraftBuilding2002
Bethel GreenGreenvilleBuilding1982
Black Oak SpringFort DefianceBuilding2023
Blackrock Springs SiteLuraySite1985
Blue Ridge Parkway NHLMultiple
Blue Ridge Parkway NHLMultiple
Chapel HillMint SpringBuilding1978
Clover MountGreenvilleBuilding1982
Coiner HouseCrimoraBuilding1978
Craigsville SchoolCraigsvilleBuilding1985
Crimora SchoolCrimoraBuilding1985
Deerfield SchoolDeerfieldBuilding1986
Dutch Hollow Hanger CemeteryMiddlebrookSite2024
Estaline SchoolhouseEstaline ValleyBuilding1985
FollyStauntonBuilding1973
Glebe Burying GroundSwoopeSite1985
Glebe SchoolhouseSummerdeanBuilding1985
Hanger MillChurchvilleBuilding1991
Hanger Mill (Boundary Increase)ChurchvilleStructure2013
Harnsberger Octagonal BarnGrottoesBuilding1982
Harper HouseStuarts DraftBuilding2006
IntervaleSwoopeBuilding1985
Long Glade FarmMount SolonBuilding1996
Long MeadowFishersvilleDistrict2023
Maple Front FarmMiddlebrookBuilding2010
Middlebrook High SchoolMiddlebrookBuilding1985
Middlebrook Historic DistrictMiddlebrookDistrict1983
Middlebrook SchoolMiddlebrookBuilding1985
Miller, A. J., HouseMiddlebrookBuilding1982
Miller, Hannah, HouseMossy CreekBuilding1979
Miller, Henry, HouseMossy CreekBuilding1979
Mint Spring TavernStauntonBuilding2025
Mish, Henry, BarnMiddlebrookBuilding1983
Moffett's Creek SchoolhouseNewportBuilding1985
Mount PleasantStauntonDistrict1989
Mt. AiryVeronaBuilding2012
Mt. Meridian SchoolhouseMt. MeridianBuilding1985
Mt. Sidney Historic DistrictMt. SidneyDistrict1998
Mt. Sidney SchoolMt. SidneyBuilding1985
Mt. Torry FurnaceSherandoStructure1974
Mt. Zion SchoolhouseMt. SolonBuilding1985
New Hope High SchoolNew HopeBuilding1985
North River High SchoolMoscowBuilding1985
Old Providence Stone ChurchSpottswoodBuilding1972
Paine Run RockshelterLuraySite1985
Shuey, Lewis, HouseSwoopeBuilding1983
Sugar Loaf FarmStauntonDistrict1991
SwannanoaWaynesboroBuilding1969
Thompson, Fannie, HouseGreenvilleBuilding2018
Tinkling Spring Presbyterian ChurchFishersvilleBuilding1973
Valley Railroad Stone BridgeJolivueStructure1974
Verona SchoolVeronaBuilding1985
Walker's Creek SchoolhouseNewportBuilding1985
West View SchoolhouseWeyers CaveBuilding1985
Weyers Cave SchoolWeyers CaveBuilding1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Augusta was formed in 1738 (1738-12-15) from ORANGE [western boundary limits indefinite].

AUGUSTA created from ORANGE [western boundary limits indefinite].

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Augusta County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

77k44k11k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,88611,71216,74219,62827,74935,71032,37034,67142,77234,15437,36353,73265,61577,487

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

31 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 31 of 31 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Cemetery38.21077-79.15936
Augusta Memorial Park38.08241-78.95123
Bells Cemetery38.26151-78.9553
Belmont Cemetery38.16174-78.99004
Cash Cemetery38.26561-78.89777
Click Cemetery38.2849-78.91275
Cline Cemetery38.22772-79.01866
Craigsville Memorial Cemetery38.07904-79.3864
Croft Cemetery38.14777-79.01628
Crosby Cemetery38.24182-79.1871
Edgewood Cemetery38.23989-78.86253
Glebe Cemetery38.10941-79.22192
Green Hill Cemetery38.21316-79.16598
Greenville United Methodist Church Cemetery38.00176-79.15675
Hildebrand Cemetery38.13818-78.88974
Hunter Cemetery38.15492-79.1503
Landes Cemetery38.30123-78.97141
Melanchthon Lutheran Chapel Cemetery38.29897-78.8984
Mount Chapel Cemetery38.14401-79.16086
Mount Hermon Lutheran Church Cemetery38.00226-79.30703
Mount Lebanon Cemetery38.08902-78.8378
Mountain View Cemetery38.17401-78.86641
Naked Creek Cemetery38.30757-78.9242
Oak Hill Cemetery38.03095-79.20925
Old Cemetery38.23869-78.86093
Old Forge Cemetery38.25957-78.83391
Old Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery38.28123-78.98475
Saint Paul Cemetery38.13853-78.90174
Schutterie Cemetery38.2204-79.10447
Sellers Cemetery38.3004-78.8853
West Augusta Cemetery38.26702-79.33317
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
McNutt37.99763-79.25614
Pond Gap38.10041-79.31504

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Piedmont7,63523.3 kmVA111
Mcdowell4,54033.0 kmVA102

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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