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Augusta County

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Augusta County, Virginia
18 Government Center Ln
Verona, VA 24482
Phone: (540) 245-5600
Fax: (540) 245-5621
www.co.augusta.va.us

On the northwestern border of VA, west of Charlottesville; organized Aug 1, 1738 from Orange County. Part annexed to Waynesboro (independent) city effective July 1, 1994. Name Origin: For Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719?-72), mother of George III of England.

Area (sq mi): 970.93 (land 970.36; water 0.57). Pop per sq mi: 71.90.
Pop 2005: 69,725. State rank: 24. Pop change: 2000-20005 6.30%; 1990-2000 20.00%. Pop 2000: 65,615 (White 94.40%; Black or African American 3.60%; Hispanic or Latino 0.90%; Asian 0.30%; Other 1.10%). Foreign born: 1.40%. Median age: 39.00.
Income 2000: per capita $19,744; median household $43,045; Pop below poverty level: 5.80%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $24,053-$25,847.
Unemployment 2004: 2.90%. Change from 2000: 0.10%. Median travel time to work: 23.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 50.50%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.


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Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania each had their farms, villages and towns, but their respective fates would differ widely as they took their place in the Civil War.
The facility also serves as the base of the Augusta County office of the Virginia State Police, so both agencies contributed funding for construction.
The strategy is simple: Ayres and a team of scholars based at the University of Virginia have compiled an archive of diaries, census data, newspapers, and letters from the residents of two Shenandoah Valley counties, Augusta County in Virginia and Franklin County in Pennsylvania (most of this material is available and searchable at a superb Web site, http://valley.
 
 
 
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