{"id":8416,"date":"2023-09-26T18:09:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:23","slug":"augusta-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/augusta-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Augusta County, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Augusta County is a county in Virginia, United States, in the Shenandoah Valley on the west
\nside of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and
\nWaynesboro, which are separate jurisdictions and not part of the county. It had a population of
\n77,487 at the 2020 census, an estimated 78,940 by 2025, and covers 967 square miles (2,500 km2)
\nof land centred near 38\u00b012\u2032N 79\u00b07\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Verona is the county seat, a title that moved there from Staunton in June 2026 after the
\nhistoric Staunton courthouse was ruled a hazardous building; its postal code is 24482. The
\ncounty holds 2 incorporated towns and roughly 20 smaller communities, and it runs on Eastern
\nTime. Its FIPS code is 51015.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Augusta County<\/h2>\n

Augusta County has 22 named places on record: 2 incorporated towns and 20 unincorporated
\ncommunities, most of them recognized by the Census Bureau as census-designated places (CDPs).
\nCDP stands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers hamlets and crossroads with no formal
\nCensus Bureau boundary.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Stuarts Draft<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n12,142<\/td>\n24477<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fishersville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n9,629<\/td>\n22939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verona<\/td>\nCDP · seat<\/td>\n4,398<\/td>\n24482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weyers Cave<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,700<\/td>\n24486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grottoes<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n24441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crimora<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,219<\/td>\n24431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lyndhurst<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,554<\/td>\n22952<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dooms<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,279<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Craigsville<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n899<\/td>\n24430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n887<\/td>\n24440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherando<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n696<\/td>\n22952<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Sidney<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n678<\/td>\n24467<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Churchville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middlebrook<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n24459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deerfield<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hope<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swoope<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n24479<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Solon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n22843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fort Defiance<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n24437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Augusta<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n24485<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeles Tavern<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harriston<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Grottoes sits mostly in neighboring Rockingham County; only a sliver of the town, mainly a
\nhandful of residential and commercial lots on its southern edge, crosses into Augusta, so its
\npopulation is counted with Rockingham rather than here. Sherando and Lyndhurst share ZIP 22952,
\nthe Waynesboro-area code, since both lie just north of that city’s limits.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n