HANCOCK COUNTY MARKET

Hancock County, West Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Hancock County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in West Virginia for Chester, New Cumberland and and Weirton. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hancock County by the Numbers

Hancock County has 79 farms on 8,266 acres (about 105 acres each). Together they sold $1.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and horses.

Local fields produce bell peppers and cucumbers.

3 farms in Hancock County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Hancock County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hancock County counts 458 egg-laying hens, 370 head of cattle and 254 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 124 people run or help run farms in Hancock County, with an average age of 63. 34% of them are women. 2 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.