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

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.

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