Lewis County, West Virginia

Founding: 1816
Parent county: Harrison

Namesake: Charles Lewis, Virginia soldier
Seat: Weston (1818–)

Land area: 385 square miles

Population (2020): 17,033

Population (historic): 4,247 (1820); 10,031 (1850); 13,269 (1880); 16,980 (1900); 21,794 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860–1940; 1970s; 2010s

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,731 (21.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,175
Average outbuilding value (1930): $527
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,644
Average farm size (1920): 109.5 acres
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Weston

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1818 (platting as Preston); 1820 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,952

Population (historic): 820 (1860); 1,516 (1880); 2,560 (1900); 8,646 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1930; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 821 (37.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Annamede / Edwin Davisson Farm (1901). 286 Annamede Drive. Classical Revival.
2. House (c. 1900). 2478 Fink Creek Road. Queen Anne.
3. Lewis Swisher House (1842). 4029 Hacker's Creek Road. Greek Revival.
4. Jackson's Mill (1837). Jackson Mill Road and the West Fork River.
5. Noah Life House (1883). 1402 Life's Run Road. Italianate.
6. George Conrad Log House (c. 1855). US Highway 19, east of State Park Road. Relocated.

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