Doddridge County, West Virginia

Founding: 1845
Parent counties: Harrison, Lewis, and Ritchie

Namesake: Philip Doddridge, Virginia politician
Seat: West Union (1845–)

Land area: 320 square miles

Population (2020): 7,808

Population (historic): 2,750 (1850); 7,076 (1870); 12,183 (1890); 12,672 (1910); 10,488 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 984 (25%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $846
Average outbuilding value (1930): $395
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,439
Average farm size (1920): 82.4 acres
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West Union

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1845 (platting); 1845 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 669

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1920; 1930–1950; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 244 (52%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (c. 1895). 232 Cabin Run Road. Eastlake.
2. *John Gamsjager House (1906). 3087 Little Buck Run Road. Eastlake.
3. *Jephthah Fitzrandolph House (c. 1875). 31 Meathouse Fork Road. Italianate.
4. Farm (c. 1885). 323 Meathouse Fork Road. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
5. Farm (c. 1885). 1232 State Route 18.