Mingo County, West Virginia
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...