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

National Register listings: 13

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.