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Mason County, West Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
14historic places
—earliest paper
1804formed
25,453pop. 2020
106cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Point Pleasant, Leon, Southside.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for West Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Mason titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Couch-Artrip HouseSouthsideBuilding1984
Eastham HousePoint PleasantBuilding1989
Elm GroveSouthsideDistrict1992
Gold Houses, TheMasonBuilding1997
Lewis-Capehart-Roseberry HousePoint PleasantBuilding1979
MaplewoodPlinyDistrict2001
McCausland, Gen. John, HouseLeonBuilding1980
McCausland, Gen. John, House (Boundary Increase)LeonDistrict2000
Point Pleasant BattlegroundPoint PleasantSite1970
Point Pleasant Historic DistrictPoint PleasantDistrict1985
Powell-Redmond HouseCliftonBuilding1983
Shumaker-Lewis HouseMasonBuilding1979
Smithland FarmHendersonBuilding2003
Wilson Mail Pouch BarnLeonBuilding2026

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mason was formed in 1804 (1804-05-01) from Kanawha.

MASON created by Virginia from KANAWHA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mason County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

27k15k1,9911810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9914,8686,7779,17322,29324,14221,45922,27023,53724,45927,04525,95725,453

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

106 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 106 listed
NameLatLon
Adamsville Cemetery39.02333-82.01125
Apple Grove Memorial Gardens38.65619-82.166
Arbuckle Cemetery38.73283-81.91085
Austin Cemetery38.80618-82.12986
Baden Cemetery38.8077-81.90597
Baden Cemetery38.79375-81.88758
Ball Cemetery38.90622-82.00407
Ball Chapel Cemetery38.60869-82.10815
Barton Chapel Cemetery38.63674-82.06903
Beale Chapel Cemetery38.65673-82.16538
Beech Hill Cemetery38.7673-82.01152
Bethel Cemetery38.7954-81.91638
Big Spruce Cemetery38.76098-81.83421
Big Spruce Cemetery38.76099-81.834
Brighton Cemetery38.80063-82.03986
Broad Run Cemetery38.95711-81.95559
Bruce Chapel Cemetery38.74553-82.17714
Buckle Cemetery38.64432-82.06859
Cedar Hill Cemetery38.93544-81.95862
Clifton - Hill Cemetery38.99506-82.03411
Concord Cemetery38.78702-82.06042
Cossin Cemetery38.8002-81.85645
Craig Cemetery38.66751-81.93048
Creston Cemetery38.78619-81.86495
Douglas Cemetery38.69421-81.95116
Eddy Chapel Cemetery38.81497-82.00559
Evergreen Cemetery38.89041-81.93614
Forest Hills Cemetery38.84879-82.0159
Gibson Cemetery38.8248-82.13903
Graham Cemetery38.96713-81.93056
Greenlee Cemetery38.71029-81.92679
Greenlee Cemetery38.77452-81.95763
Greer Cemetery38.82943-82.03982
Hambrick Cemetery38.69543-82.02909
Henderson Cemetery38.79446-82.07508
Henry Cemetery38.73619-82.11847
Hereford Cemetery38.64023-82.16354
Hoffman Cemetery38.94076-81.97435
Hoschar Cemetery38.86591-82.06736
I.O.O.F. Cemetery39.01629-82.029
Infirmary Cemetery38.9047-82.03877
Jenkins Cemetery38.77993-81.95108
Jordan Cemetery38.77409-82.19558
Kimberling Cemetery38.69332-81.93454
Kimberling Cemetery38.69813-81.88902
King Cemetery38.7727-81.82726
Kirkland Memorial Gardens38.94452-82.08764
Leon Cemetery38.74702-81.95791
Lewis Cemetery38.89315-82.13244
Lone Oak Cemetery38.78947-82.13612
Lone Oak Cemetery38.87312-82.12348
Long Cemetery38.63702-82.08958
Longdale Cemetery38.92775-81.91603
Lundsford Cemetery38.49912-82.08823
Lutton Cemetery38.83646-82.01847
McCoy - Starkey Cemetery38.57877-82.13901
McCulloch Cemetery38.79694-82.07976
McDade Cemetery38.7529-81.85939
Meadows Cemetery38.57117-82.12299
Moores Chapel Cemetery38.61395-82.14561
Morgan Cemetery38.84308-81.93844
Mount Carmel Cemetery38.70608-82.1204
Mount Flower Cemetery38.83759-81.9282
Mount Olive Cemetery38.52341-82.06791
Mount Prospect Cemetery38.6861-81.83315
Mount Tabor Church Cemetery38.76519-81.8667
Mount Tabor Community Church Cemetery38.76387-81.86199
Mount Union Cemetery38.62714-82.02264
Mount Zion Cemetery38.82982-81.97822
Mount Zion Cemetery38.56217-82.06834
Mountain Valley Cemetery38.70535-82.07819
Oak Grove Cemetery38.89025-81.97101
Odd Fellows Cemetery39.01631-82.02908
Old Clifton Hill Cemetery38.99539-82.0344
Peter Fry Cemetery38.92451-81.97525
Pine Grove Cemetery38.74341-82.03847
Pine Grove Cemetery38.77892-81.91551
Pioneer Cemetery38.84786-82.13598
Pisgah Cemetery38.79896-82.14514
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery38.7298-82.14653
Historical populated places — 8 of 8
NameLatLon
Condee38.71258-82.02208
Flaxton38.72231-82.04014
Locust Lane38.88341-82.13181
McCansland38.66036-81.95819
Oldtown38.90091-82.08014
Stockton38.75064-82.03681
Veranda38.69258-82.03736
Wagner38.83675-82.11792

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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