U. S. Census aggregate figures listed just one town other than Staunton in Augusta County. That town, Waynesboro, was smaller in aggregate population than sixteen towns in Franklin County, where at least nine towns were more than double its size.
| Augusta County | White | Free Black | Slave | ||||||||
| Cities, Towns &c. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Total Free | Male | Female | Total | Aggregate |
| Staunton | 1,468 | 1,397 | 2,865 | 48 | 62 | 110 | 2,975 | 407 | 493 | 900 | 3,875 |
| Waynesborough (Waynesboro) | 216 | 224 | 440 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 457 | * | 457 | ||
| Franklin County | White | Free Black | |||||
| Cities, Towns &c. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Aggregate |
| Antrim | 1,637 | 1,631 | 3,268 | 77 | 55 | 132 | 3,400 |
| Chambersburg | 2,221 | 2,510 | 4,731 | 234 | 290 | 524 | 5,255 |
| Fannet | 1,098 | 1,083 | 2,181 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 2,222 |
| Greene | 1,677 | 1,655 | 3,332 | 60 | 51 | 111 | 3,443 |
| Greencastle | 636 | 682 | 1318 | 39 | 42 | 81 | 1,399 |
| Guilford | 1,532 | 1,488 | 3,020 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 3099 |
| Hamilton | 766 | 740 | 1506 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 1,529 |
| Letterkenny | 1,029 | 1,045 | 2,074 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2,087 |
| Loudon (London?) | 146 | 163 | 309 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 311 |
| Lurgan | 646 | 669 | 1315 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,316 |
| Mercersburg | 367 | 441 | 808 | 35 | 54 | 89 | 897 |
| Metal | 617 | 610 | 1,227 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1,235 |
| Montgomery | 1,500 | 1,458 | 2,958 | 156 | 175 | 331 | 3,289 |
| Orrstown | 172 | 184 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
| Peters | 1,032 | 958 | 1,990 | 58 | 58 | 116 | 2,106 |
| Quincy | 1,321 | 1,313 | 2,643 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 2,685 |
| St. Thomas | 898 | 884 | 1,782 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1,788 |
| Southampton | 740 | 688 | 1428 | 65 | 61 | 126 | 1,554 |
| Warren | 368 | 362 | 730 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 736 |
| Washington | 1,116 | 1,023 | 2,139 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 2,186 |
| Waynesboro | 583 | 638 | 1,221 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1,233 |
U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D. C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).
