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

National Register listings: 45

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.