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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