Hancock County, West Virginia

Founding: 1848
Parent county: Brooke

Namesake: John Hancock, Founding Father
Seat: New Manchester (1848–1850s); New Cumberland (1850s–)

Land area: 83 square miles

Population (2020): 29,095

Population (historic): 4,050 (1850); 4,882 (1880); 6,693 (1900); 28,511 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1890; 1900–1940; 1950s

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,125 (14.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,013
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,421
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 357
Average farm size (1920): 74.4 acres
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New Cumberland

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Cumberland, Maryland

Founding: 1839 (platting as Vernon); 1845 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,020

Population (historic): 1,218 (1880); 2,198 (1900); 2,300 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1920s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 189 (33.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Samuel Minesinger House (1856). 292 Gas Valley Road. Italianate.
2. *Nessly Chapel Methodist Church (1905). 52 Nessly Road. Gothic Revival.