Fayette County, West Virginia

Founding: 1831
Parent counties: Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, and Nicholas

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: New Haven (1831–1830s); Fayetteville (1830s–)

Land area: 662 square miles

Population (2020): 40,488

Population (historic): 3,924 (1840); 5,997 (1860); 11,560 (1880); 31,987 (1900); 72,050 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Four cities; six towns; 18 CDPs

National Register listings: 28

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,664 (21.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $988
Average outbuilding value (1930): $438
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,461
Average farm size (1920): 32.5 acres
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Fayetteville

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general

Founding: 1835 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,887

Population (historic): 413 (1900); 671 (1910); 659 (1920); 1,143 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1910; 1920–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 152 (12.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Crawford House (1887). 49 Pennington Road. Eastlake.
2. *Anderson House (c. 1900). 15749 Stanaford Road. Queen Anne.
3. *Tyree Tavern (1824). 811 Stone House Road.
4. *Warner House (1858). 97 Tomlin Road.