ORANGE COUNTY SIZE AND CHARACTER
POPULATION: 2006 Census estimate: 31,740
2000 Census: 25,881
Orange County has 342 square miles of red clay, rolling hills and flat, sandy soil in the Piedmont region.
It is bounded by Culpeper, Louisa, Spotsylvania, Albemarle, Greene and Madison counties.
The countryside has large, prosperous estates and farms.
The county includes two incorporated towns, Orange and Gordonsville.