Fayette County, West Virginia

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

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: New Haven (1831–1837); Fayetteville (1837–)

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

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.

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