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.