Morgan County, West Virginia

Founding: 1820
Parent counties: Berkeley and Hampshire

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Virginia politician
Seat: Berkeley Springs (1820–)

Land area: 229 square miles

Population (2020): 17,063

Population (historic): 2,500 (1820); 3,557 (1850); 4,315 (1870); 7,293 (1900); 8,406 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1840; 1850–1940; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 938 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $839
Average outbuilding value (1930): $567
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 773
Average farm size (1920): 63 acres
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Berkeley Springs

Namesake: A medicinal spring within the village

Founding: 1776 (platting as Bath); 1802 (post office)

Population (2020): 758

Population (historic): 77 (1850); 407 (1870); 781 (1900); 1,039 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870s; 1900–1950; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 149 (36.8%)
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