Wirt County, West Virginia

Founding: 1848
Parent counties: Jackson and Wood

Namesake: William Wirt, U.S. attorney general
Seat: Elizabeth (1848–)

Land area: 233 square miles

Population (2020): 5,194

Population (historic): 3,353 (1850); 7,104 (1880); 10,284 (1900); 6,358 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: One town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 408 (12.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $781
Average outbuilding value (1930): $434
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,187
Average farm size (1920): 63.5 acres
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Elizabeth

Namesake: Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter-in-law of the village's founder

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1849 (post office)

Population (2020): 724

Population (historic): 395 (1880); 657 (1900); 716 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1960–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 54 (12%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Dovener Log House (1878). 1984 Camp Barbe Road.
2. Ruble Church (1854). 2927 Chestnut Run Road.
3. House (c. 1890). 3162 Lynn Camp Road.

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