Wyoming County, West Virginia

Founding: 1850
Parent county: Logan

Namesake: Unclear
Seat: Oceana (1850–1907); Pineville (1907–)

Land area: 499 square miles

Population (2020): 21,382

Population (historic): 1,645 (1850); 3,171 (1870); 6,247 (1890); 10,392 (1910); 20,926 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; nine CDPs

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,297 (11.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $540
Average outbuilding value (1930): $189
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,181
Average farm size (1920): 33 acres
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Pineville

Namesake: The region's pine forests

Founding: 1876 (post office); 1907 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 648

Population (historic): 334 (1910); 462 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 48 (18.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Cook House (c. 1890). Valley Road, northwest of Lynco. Eastlake.