Putnam County, West Virginia

Founding: 1848
Parent counties: Cabell, Kanawha, and Mason

Namesake: Israel Putnam, Continental Army officer
Seat: Winfield (1848–)

Land area: 346 square miles

Population (2020): 57,440

Population (historic): 5,335 (1850); 7,794 (1870); 14,342 (1890); 18,587 (1910); 16,737 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; two CDPs

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,234 (5.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $753
Average outbuilding value (1930): $435
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,956
Average farm size (1920): 60.2 acres
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Winfield

Namesake: Winfield Scott, U.S. army general

Founding: 1848 (founding); 1849 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,397

Population (historic): 305 (1880); 338 (1900); 294 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890s; 1920–1950; 1960–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 79 (7.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Preston Frazier House (1879). 97 Brookside Drive. Italianate.
2. *Thomas Atkeson House (1854/1890s). Charleston Road, south of Lock 10 Road. Razed.
3. *Charles Brown House (1838). Emergency Lane, southeast of Courthouse Drive.
4. *Asbury House (1901). 12547 McLane Pike. Queen Anne.
5. *John Bowyer House (1851/1890s). Payne Road, southwest of Winfield.
6. *William Alexander Farm (c. 1855). 18010 Winfield Road. Greek Revival.