Mason County, West Virginia

Founding: 1804
Parent county: Kanawha

Namesake: George Mason, Virginia politician
Seat: Point Pleasant (1804–)

Land area: 431 square miles

Population (2020): 25,453

Population (historic): 1,991 (1810); 6,777 (1840); 15,978 (1870); 24,142 (1900); 20,788 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1900; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; two CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,591 (12.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $838
Average outbuilding value (1930): $573
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,415
Average farm size (1920): 75 acres
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Point Pleasant

Namesake: A descriptive name

Founding: 1794 (platting); 1805 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,101

Population (historic): 773 (1870); 1,934 (1900); 3,301 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 269 (12.6%)
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