Augusta County | |
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 The Augusta County Courthouse in March 2005 | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Virginia | |
 Virginia's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 38°12′N 79°06′W / 38.2°N 79.1°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| Founded | 1738 |
| Named for | Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
| Seat | Staunton |
| Largest community | Staunton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 971 sq mi (2,510 km2) |
| • Land | 967 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
| • Water | 3.9 sq mi (10 km2) 0.4% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 77,487 |
| • Density | 80/sq mi (31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Website | www |
Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. Its county seat is Staunton,[1] but most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona.
The county was created in 1738 from part of Orange County and was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. It was originally a huge area, but many of its parts were carved out to form other counties and several states until the current borders were finalized in 1790.
As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 77,487.[2] Along with Staunton and Waynesboro, it forms the Staunton–Waynesboro, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Augusta County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.