Randolph County, West Virginia

Founding: 1786
Parent county: Harrison

Namesake: Edmund Randolph, Virginia politician
Seat: Beverly (1787–1898); Elkins (1898–)

Land area: 1,040 square miles

Population (2020): 27,932

Population (historic): 951 (1790); 5,000 (1830); 5,563 (1870); 17,670 (1900); 25,049 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1860–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; eight CDPs

National Register listings: 37

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,430 (17.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $947
Average outbuilding value (1930): $553
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,774
Average farm size (1920): 76 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________

Elkins

Namesake: Stephen Elkins, West Virginia politician

Founding: 1888 (platting); 1889 (post office); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,950

Population (historic): 737 (1890); 5,260 (1910); 7,345 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1888–1950; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 989 (28.8%)
_________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Michael See House (1801). 10297 Seneca Trail.
2. *Tygart's Valley Presbyterian Church (1883). 10964 Seneca Trail. Gothic Revival.
3. Farm (c. 1900). 12108 Seneca Trail. Queen Anne.
4. House (c. 1885). 16290 Seneca Trail. Italianate.