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

National Register listings: 12

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.