Tucker County, West Virginia

Founding: 1856
Parent county: Randolph

Namesake: Henry Tucker, Virginia politician
Seat: St. George (1856–1893); Parsons (1893–)

Land area: 419 square miles

Population (2020): 6,762

Population (historic): 1,428 (1860); 3,151 (1880); 13,433 (1900); 13,374 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three towns; one CDP

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,218 (22.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $572
Average outbuilding value (1930): $373
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 724
Average farm size (1920): 49.3 acres
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Parsons

Namesake: Ward Parsons, local resident

Founding: 1885 (post office); 1893 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,322

Population (historic): 618 (1900); 2,012 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s–1940; 1970s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 264 (33.9%)
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