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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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1870). 2377 Bethany Pike. Italianate.
2. Alexander Campbell House (1793/1819/1836). 7265 Bethany Pike.
3. Vancroft / Joseph Vandergrift Estate (1901). 1500 Brinker Road. Eclectic.
4. Nichols House (1893). 21 Hillview Drive. Second Empire/Classical Revival.
5. Adam Kuhn Farm (c. 1855). 192 Hubbard Lane. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
6. Alexander Campbell House (c. 1840). 846 Main Street. Greek Revival.
7. House (c. 1910). 132 Point Breeze Drive. Classical Revival.
8. John Reeves House (c. 1870). 100 Reeves Drive. Italianate.
9. Drover's Inn (1851). 1001 Washington Pike. Greek Revival.

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