Pendleton County, West Virginia

Founding: 1788
Parent counties: Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham

Namesake: Edmund Pendleton, Virginia politician
Seat: Ruddle (1788–1794); Franklin (1794–)

Land area: 696 square miles

Population (2020): 6,143

Population (historic): 2,452 (1790); 6,271 (1830); 6,455 (1870); 9,167 (1900); 9,660 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850–1940; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: One town; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,065 (20.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $983
Average outbuilding value (1930): $644
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,342
Average farm size (1920): 82.7 acres
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Franklin

Namesake: Unclear—probably Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father

Founding: circa 1790 (founding); 1794 (incorporation); 1801 (post office)

Population (2020): 486

Population (historic): 273 (1880); 205 (1900); 431 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1910–1950; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 90 (22.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1900). 8364 Blue–Gray Trail. Queen Anne.
2. Bolton Farm (c. 1840/1885). 48 Butterfly Lane. Italianate.
3. John Propst Farm (c. 1845/1900). 3576 Dry Run Road.
4. William Cunningham House (c. 1870). 9311 Petersburg Pike. Italianate.
5. Farm (c. 1900). 6704 Snowy Mountain Road. Queen Anne.
6. Jacob Sites Log House (c. 1839/1870s). State Route 28, northeast of US Highway 33.
7. House (c. 1880). 2098 Sweedlin Valley Road. Italianate.
8. Ruined House (c. 1840). Wimer Mountain Road, west of Snowy Mountain Road.

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