Wayne County, West Virginia

Founding: 1842
Parent county: Cabell

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Wayne (1842–)

Land area: 506 square miles

Population (2020): 38,982

Population (historic): 4,760 (1850); 7,852 (1870); 18,652 (1890); 24,081 (1910); 31,206 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1960; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; three CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,803 (9.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $555
Average outbuilding value (1930): $278
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,058
Average farm size (1920): 44.2 acres
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Wayne

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general

Founding: 1842 (platting); 1842 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,441

Population (historic): 157 (1880); 407 (1900); 675 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 88 (10.3%)
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