Jackson County, West Virginia

Founding: 1831
Parent counties: Kanawha, Mason, and Wood

Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president
Seat: Ripley (1832–)

Land area: 464 square miles

Population (2020): 27,791

Population (historic): 4,890 (1840); 8,306 (1860); 16,312 (1880); 22,987 (1900); 16,124 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1950–1980

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,171 (8.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $843
Average outbuilding value (1930): $504
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,798
Average farm size (1920): 72.9 acres
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Ripley

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a local resident

Founding: 1832 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,074

Population (historic): 226 (1870); 579 (1900); 669 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 180 (12%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Otterbein Brethren Church (1896). 1174 Evans Road. Gothic Revival.
2. Isaacs House (1847). 1829 Evans Road.

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