Greenbrier County, West Virginia



Founding: 1778
Parent counties: Botetourt and Montgomery
Namesake: The Greenbrier River
Seat: Lewisburg (1780–)
Land area: 1,020 square miles
Population (2020): 32,608
Population (historic): 6,015 (1790); 8,695 (1840); 11,417 (1870); 20,683 (1900); 35,878 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870–1950; 1970s; 2000s
Subdivisions: Three cities; four towns; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,665 (19%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,207
Average outbuilding value (1930): $616
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,439
Average farm size (1920): 61.1 acres
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Lewisburg

Namesake: Andrew Lewis, Virginia surveyor
Founding: 1780 (platting); 1782 (incorporation); 1794 (post office)
Population (2020): 3,930
Population (historic): 969 (1860); 985 (1880); 872 (1900); 1,293 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1890; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 437 (18.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Alexander Arbuckle Farm (1822). 854 Arbuckle Lane. Federal.
  2. Caraway Log House. Caraway Lane, northeast of Brownstown Road.
  3. David Creigh House (1834). 3931 Davis–Stuart Road. Federal.
  4. Farm (c. 1830). 2019 Fairview Road. Federal.
  5. Morlunda / Samuel McClung Farm (1827–1828). 239 Hern's Mill Road. Federal.
  6. David Tuckwiller Farm (1826–1828). 29600 Midland Trail.
  7. Elmhurst / Henry Hunter House (1824). 35336 Midland Trail. Federal.
  8. Mountain Home / Robert Dickson House (c. 1833). 38221 Midland Trail. Federal.
  9. John Livesay Farm (c. 1850). 20534 North Seneca Trail. Greek Revival.
  10. William Renick Farm (1792/1820s). 26431 North Seneca Trail. Federal.
  11. Log House. 1724 South Seneca Trail.
  12. James Bowen Farm (1822). 1650 Spring Creek Station Road. Federal.
  13. Thomas Caraway Farm (1812). 3212 Spring Valley Road. Federal.
  14. Benjamin Grigsby House (1796/1833). 2781 Stone House Road.
  15. Tuscawilla / David Preston Farm (1844). 481 Tuscawilla Farm Road. Greek Revival.
  16. John Williams Farm (1837). 1831 Williamsburg Road. Razed.
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