Ohio County, West Virginia

Founding: 1776
Parent county: The District of West Augusta

Namesake: The Ohio River
Seat: West Liberty (1777–1797); Wheeling (1797–)

Land area: 106 square miles

Population (2020): 42,425

Population (historic): 5,212 (1790); 15,584 (1830); 22,422 (1860); 48,024 (1900); 72,077 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800s; 1820s; 1840–1940

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; three villages

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,467 (35.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,769
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,476
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 516
Average farm size (1920): 73.2 acres
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Wheeling

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps an anglicization of a Native American place name

Founding: 1793 (platting); 1805 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 27,062

Population (historic): 7,885 (1840); 19,280 (1870); 38,878 (1900); 61,659 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,420 (43.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Poplar Hill / John Jacob House (1853). 161 Avalon Road. Greek Revival.
2. Everbeeeze / Richard Carter Farm (1848–1852). 190 Boggs Hill Road. Greek Revival.
3. Adam Blayney Farm (1881). 1081 Castleman Run Road. Gothic Revival.
4. House (c. 1910). 4713 Chapel Hill Road. Classical Revival.
5. John Cranford House Ruins (1838). Cherry Hill Road, north of Sams Run. Federal.
6. John Wayt House (1814). 1688 GC&P Road. Razed.
7. House (c. 1875). 163 Morgan Lane. Italianate.
8. Ninian Beall Tavern (c. 1825/1875). 6743 National Road. Federal/Italianate.
9. Elm Hill / John Campbell Farm (c. 1850). 366 Oglebay Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
10. Oglebay / Matvey–Oglebay House (1846/1900). 1330 Oglebay Road. Classical Revival.
11. Farm (c. 1870). 4269 Oglebay Road. Italianate.
12. David Stewart Farm (c. 1812). 158 Rock Valley Farm Road. Greek Revival.
13. Sandscrest / William McColloch Farm (1847/1910s). 143 Sandscrest Road. Classical Revival.
14. Henry Fischer House (1884). 476 Warden Run Road. Italianate.

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