Boone County, West Virginia

Founding: 1847
Parent counties: Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan

Namesake: Daniel Boone, explorer
Seat: Madison (1847–)

Land area: 502 square miles

Population (2020): 21,809

Population (historic): 3,237 (1850); 4,553 (1870); 6,885 (1890); 10,331 (1910); 24,586 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; five CDPs

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,294 (11.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 36.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $812
Average outbuilding value (1930): $274
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,120
Average farm size (1920): 24 acres
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Madison

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps James Madison, U.S. president

Founding: 1871 (post office); 1906 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,911

Population (historic): 295 (1910); 604 (1920); 1,156 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 210 (14.5%)
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