List of counties in West Virginia
There are 55 counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
List
| County |
FIPS code[1] | County Seat[2] | Established[2] | Origin | Meaning of name | Population[3] | Area[2] | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour County | 001 | Philippi | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis and Randolph counties | Philip Pendleton Barbour U.S. Speaker of the House |
16,589 | 341 sq mi (883 km2) |
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| Berkeley County | 003 | Martinsburg | 1772 | Frederick County (VA) | Norborne Berkeley Royal Governor of Virginia |
104,169 | 321 sq mi (831 km2) |
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| Boone County | 005 | Madison | 1847 | Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan counties | Daniel Boone American frontiersman |
24,629 | 503 sq mi (1,303 km2) |
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| Braxton County | 007 | Sutton | 1836 | Kanawha, Lewis, and Nicholas counties | Carter Braxton Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
14,523 | 514 sq mi (1,331 km2) |
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| Brooke County | 009 | Wellsburg | 1796 | Ohio County | Robert Brooke Governor of Virginia |
24,069 | 89 sq mi (231 km2) |
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| Cabell County | 011 | Huntington | 1809 | Kanawha County | William H. Cabell Governor of Virginia |
96,319 | 282 sq mi (730 km2) |
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| Calhoun County | 013 | Grantsville | 1856 | Gilmer County | John C. Calhoun U.S. Vice President (1825–1832) |
7,627 | 281 sq mi (728 km2) |
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| Clay County | 015 | Clay | 1858 | Braxton and Nicholas elk counties | Henry Clay U.S. Senator (KY) U.S. Speaker of the House |
9,386 | 342 sq mi (886 km2) |
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| Doddridge County | 017 | West Union | 1845 | Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, and Taylor counties | Philip Doddridge U.S. Congressman (VA) |
8,202 | 320 sq mi (829 km2) |
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| Fayette County | 019 | Fayetteville | 1831 | Kanawha, Greenbrier and Logan counties | Marquis de Lafayette French-born American Revolutionary War general |
46,039 | 664 sq mi (1,720 km2) |
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| Gilmer County | 021 | Glenville | 1845 | Kanawha and Lewis counties | Thomas Walker Gilmer U.S. Secretary of the Navy Governor of Virginia |
8,693 | 340 sq mi (881 km2) |
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| Grant County | 023 | Petersburg | 1866 | Hardy County | Ulysses S. Grant U.S. President (1869–1877) |
11,937 | 477 sq mi (1,235 km2) |
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| Greenbrier County | 025 | Lewisburg | 1778 | Montgomery and Botetourt counties (VA) | Greenbrier River | 35,480 | 1,021 sq mi (2,644 km2) |
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| Hampshire County | 027 | Romney | 1754 | Frederick County (VA) | County of Hampshire in England | 23,964 | 642 sq mi (1,663 km2) |
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| Hancock County | 029 | New Cumberland | 1848 | Brooke County | John Hancock Signer of the Declaration of Independence Governor of Massachusetts |
30,676 | 83 sq mi (215 km2) |
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| Hardy County | 031 | Moorefield | 1786 | Hampshire County | Samuel Hardy Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress |
14,025 | 583 sq mi (1,510 km2) |
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| Harrison County | 033 | Clarksburg | 1784 | Monongalia County | Benjamin Harrison V Governor of Virginia |
69,099 | 416 sq mi (1,077 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 035 | Ripley | 1831 | Kanawha, Mason, and Wood counties | Andrew Jackson U.S. President (1829–1837) |
29,211 | 466 sq mi (1,207 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 037 | Charles Town | 1801 | Berkeley County | Thomas Jefferson U.S. President (1801–1809) |
53,498 | 210 sq mi (544 km2) |
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| Kanawha County | 039 | Charleston | 1789 | Greenbrier County, Montgomery County (VA) | Kanawha River | 193,063 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km2) |
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| Lewis County | 041 | Weston | 1816 | Harrison County | American Revolutionary War Charles Lewis first soldier killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant |
16,372 | 389 sq mi (1,008 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 043 | Hamlin | 1867 | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha and Logan counties | Abraham Lincoln U.S. President (1861–1865) |
21,720 | 438 sq mi (1,134 km2) |
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| Logan County | 045 | Logan | 1824 | Cabell and Kanawha counties, Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) | Chief Logan Mingo leader |
36,743 | 454 sq mi (1,176 km2) |
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| Marion County | 049 | Fairmont | 1842 | Harrison and Monongalia counties | Francis Marion American Revolutionary War general |
56,418 | 310 sq mi (803 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 051 | Moundsville | 1835 | Ohio County | John Marshall U.S. Secretary of State Chief Justice of the U.S. |
33,107 | 307 sq mi (795 km2) |
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| Mason County | 053 | Point Pleasant | 1804 | Kanawha County | George Mason U.S. Constitutional Convention "Father of the Bill of Rights" |
27,324 | 432 sq mi (1,119 km2) |
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| McDowell County | 047 | Welch | 1858 | Tazewell County (VA) | James McDowell Governor of Virginia |
22,113 | 535 sq mi (1,386 km2) |
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| Mercer County | 055 | Princeton | 1837 | Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) | Hugh Mercer American Revolutionary War general |
62,264 | 420 sq mi (1,088 km2) |
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| Mineral County | 057 | Keyser | 1866 | Hampshire County | abundant mineral resources | 28,212 | 328 sq mi (850 km2) |
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| Mingo County | 059 | Williamson | 1895 | Logan County | Mingo Native Americans | 26,839 | 423 sq mi (1,096 km2) |
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| Monongalia County | 061 | Morgantown | 1776 | Augusta County (VA) | Latin derivation for Monongahela River | 96,189 | 361 sq mi (935 km2) |
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| Monroe County | 063 | Union | 1799 | Greenbrier County | James Monroe U.S. President (1817–1825) |
13,502 | 473 sq mi (1,225 km2) |
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| Morgan County | 065 | Berkeley Springs | 1820 | Berkeley and Hampshire counties | Daniel Morgan U.S. Congressman (VA) |
17,541 | 229 sq mi (593 km2) |
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| Nicholas County | 067 | Summersville | 1818 | Greenbrier and Kanawaha counties | Wilson Cary Nicholas U.S. Senator (VA) Governor of Virginia |
26,233 | 649 sq mi (1,681 km2) |
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| Ohio County | 069 | Wheeling | 1776 | Augusta County (VA) | Ohio River | 44,443 | 106 sq mi (275 km2) |
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| Pendleton County | 071 | Franklin | 1788 | Augusta County (VA) | Edmund Pendleton First Continental Congress |
7,695 | 698 sq mi (1,808 km2) |
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| Pleasants County | 073 | Saint Marys | 1851 | Ritchie, Tyler, and Wood counties | James Pleasants, Jr. U.S. Senator (VA) Governor of Virginia |
7,605 | 131 sq mi (339 km2) |
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| Pocahontas County | 075 | Marlinton | 1821 | Bath County (VA), Pendleton and Randolph counties | Pocahontas Powhatan Native American who assisted early English settlers |
8,719 | 940 sq mi (2,435 km2) |
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| Preston County | 077 | Kingwood | 1818 | Monongalia County | James Patton Preston Governor of Virginia |
33,520 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km2) |
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| Putnam County | 079 | Winfield | 1848 | Cabell, Kanawha, and Mason counties | Israel Putnam American Revolutionary War general |
55,486 | 346 sq mi (896 km2) |
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| Raleigh County | 081 | Beckley | 1850 | Fayette County | Sir Walter Raleigh English explorer and poet |
78,859 | 607 sq mi (1,572 km2) |
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| Randolph County | 083 | Elkins | 1787 | Harrison County | Edmund Jenings Randolph U.S. Attorney General Governor of Virginia |
29,405 | 1,040 sq mi (2,694 km2) |
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| Ritchie County | 085 | Harrisville | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis, and Wood counties | Thomas Ritchie nationally influential Virginia newspaper publisher |
10,449 | 454 sq mi (1,176 km2) |
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| Roane County | 087 | Spencer | 1856 | Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and Wirt counties | Spencer Roane Virginia Supreme Court justice |
14,926 | 484 sq mi (1,254 km2) |
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| Summers County | 089 | Hinton | 1871 | Greenbrier County | George W. Summers U.S. Congressman (VA) Circuit Court judge |
13,927 | 361 sq mi (935 km2) |
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| Taylor County | 091 | Grafton | 1844 | Barbour, Harrison, Marion, and Preston counties | John Taylor of Caroline U.S. Senator (VA) |
16,895 | 173 sq mi (448 km2) |
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| Tucker County | 093 | Parsons | 1856 | Randolph County | Henry St. George Tucker U.S. Congressman (VA) Virginia Supreme Court |
7,141 | 419 sq mi (1,085 km2) |
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| Tyler County | 095 | Middlebourne | 1814 | Ohio County | John Tyler, Sr. Governor of VA |
9,208 | 258 sq mi (668 km2) |
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| Upshur County | 097 | Buckhannon | 1851 | Barbour and Lewis counties | Abel Parker Upshur U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Secretary of State |
24,254 | 355 sq mi (919 km2) |
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| Wayne County | 099 | Wayne | 1842 | Cabell County | "Mad" Anthony Wayne Revolutionary War general U.S. Congressman (GA) |
42,481 | 506 sq mi (1,311 km2) |
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| Webster County | 101 | Webster Springs | 1860 | Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph counties | Daniel Webster U.S. Senator (MA) U.S. Secretary of State |
9,154 | 556 sq mi (1,440 km2) |
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| Wetzel County | 103 | New Martinsville | 1846 | Tyler County | Lewis Wetzel noted frontiersman |
16,583 | 359 sq mi (930 km2) |
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| Wirt County | 105 | Elizabeth | 1848 | Jackson and Wirt counties | William Wirt U.S. Attorney General |
5,717 | 233 sq mi (603 km2) |
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| Wood County | 107 | Parkersburg | 1798 | Harrison County | James Wood, Governor of Virginia |
86,956 | 367 sq mi (951 km2) |
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| Wyoming County | 109 | Pineville | 1850 | Logan County | derived from Native American term for "wide plain" | 23,796 | 501 sq mi (1,298 km2) |
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References
- ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ↑ USA Today. "Census 2010: West Virginia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-05-21.