Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1851.
History grade
What drives Barrackville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Barrackville is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Barrackville’s overall grade.
West Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical West Virginia town has 29.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Barrackville’s 7.0 sits near the middle of its state (48% of West Virginia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1767.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.3 points).
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Barrackville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Barrackville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Barrackville is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. Barrackville was settled beginning in 1767 by William Galloway "Indian Billy" Ice. The town was named in honor of John Barrack, an early settler. It was established in 1771 and incorporated on January 25, 1968.
Barrackville was established in 1767. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,302 to 1,201 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
Barrackville, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1767, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Barrackville’s post office opened in 1851.
How does Barrackville rank for history?
Barrackville is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Barrackville?
One place: the Barrackville Covered Bridge (listed 1973).
How old are the homes in Barrackville?
21% of Barrackville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.3 points), against a typical 13% for a West Virginia town; the median home was built in 1961.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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