Harrison County, West Virginia

Founding: 1784
Parent county: Monongalia

Namesake: Benjamin Harrison, Virginia politician
Seat: Clarksburg (1785–)

Land area: 416 square miles

Population (2020): 65,921

Population (historic): 2,080 (1790); 14,722 (1830); 16,714 (1870); 27,690 (1900); 78,567 (1830)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Five cities; five towns; six CDPs

National Register listings: 22

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,620 (24%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,408
Average outbuilding value (1930): $613
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,271
Average farm size (1920): 88.5 acres
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Clarksburg

Namesake: George Clark, Virginia soldier

Founding: 1785 (platting); 1797 (post office)

Population (2020): 16,039

Population (historic): 895 (1860); 2,307 (1880); 4,050 (1900); 28,866 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,874 (38.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Twin Pines / Asa Gawthrop Farm (c. 1860). Benedum Road and Forrester Boulevard. Italianate. Razed.
2. *Templemoor / Ira Post Farm (1874). 11760 Buckhannon Pike. Italianate.
3. *Farm (c. 1890). 2462 Buffalo Lake Road. Italianate.
4. Turner House (c. 1855). 3540 Good Hope Pike. Greek Revival.
5. *Poole Farm (c. 1850). 10899 Good Hope Pike. Greek Revival.
6. *Faris House (1817/1840s). 1071 Hinkle Lake Road.
7. *House (c. 1885). 2994 Johnstown Road. Italianate.
8. *House (c. 1900). 4316 Kincheloe Road. Eastlake.
9. *Porter Maxwell Farm (c. 1890). 70 Lilac Lane. Queen Anne.
10. *William Lake House (c. 1860). East Main Street, west of Maple Lake Road. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival. Razed.
11. *Jones Cottage (1898). 895 West Main Street. Classical Revival. Razed.
12. *Levi Shinn Log House (1778). 800 South Pike Street.
13. *Enoch Post Farm (c. 1875). 6650 Rooting Creek Road. Italianate. Razed.
14. *House (1893). 128 Sugar Camp Road. Italianate.
15. *House (c. 1880). 764 Sugar Camp Road. Italianate.
16. *David Slocum House (c. 1840). 1500 Sugar Camp Road.
17. *Corbin Dixon House (c. 1905). 27 Twin Houses Lane. Queen Anne.