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

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.

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