Mingo County, West Virginia

Founding: 1895
Parent county: Logan

Namesake: The Mingo people
Seat: Williamson (1895–)

Land area: 423 square miles

Population (2020): 23,568

Population (historic): 11,359 (1900); 19,431 (1910); 26,384 (1920); 38,319 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; four towns; four CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,017 (7.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $573
Average outbuilding value (1930): $219
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 898
Average farm size (1920): 25.2 acres
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Williamson

Namesake: Wallace Williamson, owner of the city site

Founding: 1892 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,083

Population (historic): 688 (1900); 3,561 (1910); 6,819 (1920); 9,410 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 456 (24.3%)
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