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Postwar Growth in Winchester Frederick County Economy
A 1953 1954 economic survey shows Frederick County dense with 759 firms employing 7,994 and 90 percent of small firms with under 20 employees. Winchester manufacturing output rose sharply by 142 percent since 1947, with 31 plants by 1954 and payrolls climbing to 7.2 million. Clarke County also grew, while wholesale and retail activity expanded. housing booms boosted construction with hundreds of new dwellings from 1950 to 1955 and building permits nearing four figures yearly.
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Brick County
Clarke
Doubleday
Clarke County
Department of Commerce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program
Frederick County
U. S Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Departments of Commerce, Health, Education and Welfare
Virginia
Standard Rate and Data Service
Division of Planning and Economic Development
Winchester - Frederick County
Virginia State Employment Service
Frederick-Clarke
Brakeshoe
Ashworth
Crider & Shockey
Henkel Harris
Warner Textile Co
Rockingham
Swimley Box Co
Virginia Woolen
Clearbrook Woolen
H. J. Heinz
National Fruit Products, Co
Shenandoah Valley Appice Cider & Vinegar Co
Novick Transfer
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Zeropack