Marshall County, West Virginia

Founding: 1835
Parent county: Ohio

Namesake: John Marshall, Supreme Court chief justice
Seat: Moundsville (1835–)

Land area: 305 square miles

Population (2020): 30,591

Population (historic): 6,937 (1840); 14,941 (1870); 26,444 (1900); 39,841 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1940; 1950s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Five cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,147 (26.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,364
Average outbuilding value (1930): $915
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,712
Average farm size (1920): 74.9 acres
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Moundsville

Namesake: The Grave Creek Mound

Founding: pre-1830 (founding as Mound City); 1830 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,122

Population (historic): 445 (1850); 1,500 (1870); 5,362 (1900); 14,411 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–1960

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,614 (37.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Frank Phillips Farm (c. 1875). 6656 Dry Ridge Road. Italianate.
2. Silas Ingram House (c. 1880). 250 Rancher Road. Gothic Revival. Razed.
3. Cunningham House (1874). 8488 Waynesburg Pike. Italianate.

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