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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