Hampshire County, West Virginia

 

Founding: 1754
Parent counties: Augusta and Frederick

Namesake: Hampshire, England
Seat: Fort Pleasant (1757–1762); Romney (1762–)

Land area: 640 square miles

Population (2020): 23,093

Population (historic): 7,346 (1790); 12,295 (1840); 7,643 (1870); 11,806 (1900); 11,836 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1850; 1870–1900; 1910–1940; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one town; two CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,565 (11.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $899
Average outbuilding value (1930): $677
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,663
Average farm size (1920): 81 acres
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Romney

Namesake: New Romney, England

Founding: 1762 (founding); 1762 (incorporation); 1796 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,722

Population (historic): 456 (1850); 482 (1870); 451 (1890); 1,112 (1910); 1,441 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1880–1910; 1920–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 264 (23.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Peacemaker Farm. 18575 Bloomery Pike.
2. David Pugh House (c. 1835). 4517 Capon River Road.
3. Ashbrooke / Vance House (c. 1800). 2961 Cumberland Road.
4. Valley View / James Parsons Farm (c. 1855). 111 Depot Valley Road.
5. House (c. 1845). Kump Road, east of Mount Airy Road. Federal.
6. Elias Brill House (c. 1890). 9 McIlwee Road.
7. Wappocomo. 18 Mountain Tyme Drive.
8. Mauzey–Hook Tavern (c. 1765/1790/1850). 1678 Northwestern Turnpike.
9. Richard Sloan Farm (c. 1790). 32049 Northwestern Turnpike.
10. Riverside / Vance Farm (c. 1800). 77 Riverside Farm Drive.
11. Sycamore Dale / David Gibson Farm (c. 1838). 191 South Branch River Road. Greek Revival.
12. Nathaniel Kuykendall House (1789/1826). 2900 South Branch River Road.
13. Decker House. 9660 South Branch River Road. Razed.
14. Mathias Kuykendall House (c. 1765/1825). South Branch River Road, southwest of Buffalo Run.
15. Ridgedale / George Washington Farm (c. 1835). 651 Washington Bottom Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.

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