Monroe County, West Virginia

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Greenbrier

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president
Seat: Union (1800–)

Land area: 473 square miles

Population (2020): 12,376

Population (historic): 4,188 (1800); 7,798 (1830); 10,757 (1860); 12,429 (1890); 11,949 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,213 (15.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,043
Average outbuilding value (1930): $591
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,834
Average farm size (1920): 76.7 acres
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Union

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1800 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 427

Population (historic): 356 (1880); 623 (1900); 984 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1920; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 66 (20.4%)
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