Mathews County is in the top 10 on a list of the most places in Virginia with pre-war homes. The list compiled by news website Stacker used data from the U.S. Census Bureau based on 2020 5-year estimates. Mathews County ranked at #7 with 22.3% of homes built before 1939. Lexington topped the list with nearly 38% of its homes classified as pre-war.