Lincoln County, West Virginia

Founding: 1867
Parent counties: Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, and Putnam

Namesake: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
Seat: Hamlin (1867–)

Land area: 437 square miles

Population (2020): 20,463

Population (historic): 5,053 (1870); 11,246 (1890); 20,491 (1910); 19,156 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two towns; two CDPs

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,161 (11.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $486
Average outbuilding value (1930): $224
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,412
Average farm size (1920): 37.3 acres
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Hamlin

Namesake: Leonidas Hamline, Methodist bishop

Founding: 1851 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,040

Population (historic): 516 (1920); 844 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1930; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 103 (15.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (1904). 6222 Upper Mud River Road. Eastlake. Razed.