Webster County, West Virginia

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph

Namesake: Daniel Webster, Massachusetts politician
Seat: Webster Springs (1860–)

Land area: 553 square miles

Population (2020): 8,378

Population (historic): 1,555 (1860); 3,207 (1880); 8,862 (1900); 14,216 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1940; 1970s

Subdivisions: Three towns; two CDPs

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 731 (13.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $587
Average outbuilding value (1930): $239
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 981
Average farm size (1920): 39.1 acres
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Webster Springs

Namesake: Webster County

Founding: 1860 (platting as Addison); 1861 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 731

Population (historic): 120 (1880); 297 (1900); 976 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900–1950; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 203 (37%)
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