Pleasants County, West Virginia

Founding: 1851
Parent counties: Tyler and Wood

Namesake: James Pleasants, Virginia governor
Seat: St. Marys (1851–)

Land area: 130 square miles

Population (2020): 7,653

Population (historic): 2,945 (1860); 6,256 (1880); 9,345 (1900); 6,545 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1950–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 573 (16.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $826
Average outbuilding value (1930): $365
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 771
Average farm size (1920): 54.2 acres
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St. Marys

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1849 (platting); 1850 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,847

Population (historic): 350 (1880); 825 (1900); 2,182 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 226 (22.6%)
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