Wetzel County, West Virginia
Founding: 1846 Parent county: Tyler Namesake: Lewis Wetzel, West Virginia frontiersman Seat: New Martinsville (1846–) Land area: 358 square miles Population (2020): 14,442 Population (historic): 4,284 (1850); 13,896 (1880); 22,880 (1900); 22,334 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1960–1980 Subdivisions: Two cities; three towns; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,868 (22.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17% Average farmhouse value (1930): $860 Average outbuilding value (1930): $476 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,836 Average farm size (1920): 61 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ New Martinsville Namesa...