The Valley of the Shadow: Tables and Statistics

Augusta and Franklin: Land Values in the Counties

Franklin farms were more intensely cultivated, and held a much higher average value per acre of improved and unimproved land across all soil types. In Augusta the larger the farm size the lower the average value by acre.

	Average Farm Values by Acre in dollars
	Augusta		Franklin
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
County Average	32.7	30.0	54.3	50.0
nonslaveholders	31.1	25.4
Slaveholders	35.1	33.1
Best Soil	34.1	30.0	66.8	66.5
Medium Soil	32.0	31.8	45.1	40.0
Worst Soil	18.4	15.0	19.7	12.4
Lowest Farm Value Quintile	21.4	15.0	40.0	20.0
Low-Medium Farm Value Quintile	22.1	21.5	48.2	32.9
Medium Farm Value Quintile	42.7	31.5	50.7	46.1
Medium-High Farm Value Quintile	34.5	34.3	58.7	60.0
High Farm Value Quintile	41.9	40.0	71.9	70.0
Smallest Farm Size Quintile	46.9	30.8	71.7	67.1
Small-Medium Farm Size Quintile	30.4	30.0	50.4	48.0
Medium Farm Size Quintile	30.8	30.0	32.6	30.2
Medium-Large Farm Size Quintile	29.0	30.2	26.4	21.9
Largest Farm Size Quintile	21.8	14.0	10.3	10.3

The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County, published in 1858, and Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870 and based on surveys completed "during the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic Information Systems map and database of households based on U. S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners schedules.