Brooke County, West Virginia

Founding: 1797
Parent county: Ohio

Namesake: Robert Brooke, Virginia governor
Seat: Wellsburg (1797–)

Land area: 89 square miles

Population (2020): 22,559

Population (historic): 4,706 (1800); 7,948 (1840); 5,464 (1870); 7,219 (1900); 24,663 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1790–1820; 1830–1850; 1900–1930

Subdivisions: Three cities; one town; two villages; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,192 (18.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,339
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,241
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 378
Average farm size (1920): 81.5 acres
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Wellsburg

Namesake: Charles Wells, local resident

Founding: 1790 (platting as Charlestown); 1800 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,455

Population (historic): 1,366 (1870); 2,588 (1900); 6,398 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 533 (36.8%)
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