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Mingo County, West Virginia

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Founding:  1895 Parent county:  Logan Namesake:  The Mingo people Seat:  Williamson (1895–) Land area:  423 square miles Population (2020):  23,568 Population (historic):  11,359 (1900); 19,431 (1910); 26,384 (1920); 38,319 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1900–1950; 1970s Subdivisions:  One city; four towns; four CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,017 (7.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  15.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  22.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $573 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $219 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  898 Average farm size (1920):  25.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Williamson Namesake:  Wallace Williamson, owner of the city site Founding:  1892 (post office); 189...