Augusta County, Virginia

Augusta County
County
The Augusta County Courthouse in March 2005
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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 / 38.2; -79.1
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.co.augusta.va.us

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.