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Tyler County, West Virginia

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Founding:  1814 Parent county:  Ohio Namesake:  John Tyler, Virginia governor Seat:  Middlebourne (1814–) Land area:  256 square miles Population (2020):  8,313 Population (historic):  2,314 (1820); 5,498 (1850); 7,832 (1870); 18,252 (1900); 12,785 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1840; 1850–1900; 1970s Subdivisions:  Two cities; two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,312 (26.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  41.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  7.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  27.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  17% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $707 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $400 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,440 Average farm size (1920):  74.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Middlebourne Namesake:  Unk...