Hardy County, West Virginia

Founding: 1786
Parent county: Hampshire

Namesake: Samuel Hardy, Virginia politician
Seat: Moorefield (1786–)

Land area: 582 square miles

Population (2020): 14,299

Population (historic): 7,336 (1790); 7,622 (1840); 5,518 (1870); 8,449 (1900); 9,816 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1810–1860; 1870–1940; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,061 (12.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,017
Average outbuilding value (1930): $643
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,228
Average farm size (1920): 84.9 acres
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Moorefield

Namesake: Conrad Moore, owner of the town site

Founding: 1777 (platting); 1777 (incorporation); 1799 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,527

Population (historic): 554 (1880); 460 (1900); 646 (1910)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900s; 1920–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 314 (20.7%)
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