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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countys_in_West_Virginia" title="Countys in West Virginia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Countys in West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhestr_o_Siroedd_Gorllewin_Virginia" title="Rhestr o Siroedd Gorllewin Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rhestr o Siroedd Gorllewin Virginia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Countys_in_West_Virginia" title="Liste der Countys in West Virginia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Countys in West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Condados_de_Virginia_Occidental" title="Anexo:Condados de Virginia Occidental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Condados de Virginia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_de_kantonoj_de_Okcidenta_Virginio" title="Listo de kantonoj de Okcidenta Virginio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Listo de kantonoj de Okcidenta Virginio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="float: right; width: ;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #F0F0F0; vertical-align: middle">Counties of West Virginia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><figure class="noresize mw-ext-imagemap-desc-bottom-right" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West Virginia counties (clickable map)"><img alt="West Virginia counties (clickable map)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/West_Virginia_counties_map.png/480px-West_Virginia_counties_map.png" decoding="async" width="480" height="432" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/West_Virginia_counties_map.png/720px-West_Virginia_counties_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/West_Virginia_counties_map.png 2x" data-file-width="865" data-file-height="778" usemap="#ImageMap_b56732342ed99703" resource="/wiki/File:West_Virginia_counties_map.png" /></span><map name="ImageMap_b56732342ed99703"><area href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="208,31,206,32,208,42,203,31,208,28,206,45,209,42,209,27" alt="Hancock County, West Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia" /><area href="/wiki/Brooke_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="208,56,208,67,207,61,207,56,206,68,208,68,209,68,203,69,209,72,209,54" alt="Brooke County, West Virginia" title="Brooke County, West Virginia" /><area href="/wiki/Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="131,332,149,347,138,346,146,360,144,363,153,354,153,354,160,347,132,333,128,334,133,339,125,329,134,327,144,364,157,360,166,347,123,335,169,345,155,338,148,354,146,355,130,343,144,365" alt="Raleigh County, West Virginia" title="Raleigh County, West Virginia" /><area href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" 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coords="131,196,135,206,138,195,125,203,125,211,137,213,147,208,139,216,139,194,124,200" alt="Wirt" title="Wirt" /><area href="/wiki/Pleasants_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="146,169,161,162,144,169,164,165,163,158,146,172,143,168,146,164,148,172,165,167" alt="Pleasants" title="Pleasants" /><area href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="150,178,166,188,169,200,150,193,147,186,170,178,177,188,173,173,175,194,177,198,183,192,164,174" alt="Ritchie" title="Ritchie" /><area href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="177,208,173,226,171,231,184,224,193,218,189,203" alt="Gilmer" title="Gilmer" /><area href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="180,245,194,233,201,223,210,230,195,254,205,251,182,251,172,244,183,235" alt="Braxton" title="Braxton" /><area href="/wiki/Webster_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="218,249,211,269,229,253,234,268,223,278,213,280,221,284,205,273,201,264,222,250" alt="Webster" 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coords="235,209,235,225,226,232,239,231,245,224,245,208,236,201,227,215,226,234,230,238" alt="Upshur" title="Upshur" /><area href="/wiki/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="255,184,259,204,268,179,264,206,244,192,256,208,246,187,264,181,265,177,239,192" alt="Barbour" title="Barbour" /><area href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="200,83,206,89,205,80,199,76,206,77,208,88,196,87,209,90" alt="Ohio" title="Ohio" /><area href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="197,98,205,109,208,120,190,122,185,121,209,122,191,110,190,117,186,121,194,120" alt="Marshall" title="Marshall" /><area href="/wiki/Wetzel_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="195,135,207,149,194,148,210,154,214,132,183,133,189,140" alt="Wetzel" title="Wetzel" /><area href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="225,163,227,187,213,187,234,192,234,169,215,164,216,173,214,179,216,184" alt="Harrison" title="Harrison" /><area href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="248,134,264,150,269,134,273,130,226,133" alt="Monongalia" title="Monongalia" /><area href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="229,148,243,158,255,158,241,143,222,152,221,140" alt="Marion" title="Marion" /><area href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="244,165,249,171,263,163,264,171,248,176" alt="Taylor" title="Taylor" /><area href="/wiki/Preston_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="283,133,296,134,296,165,275,159,275,172,283,174,298,177,278,145" alt="Preston" title="Preston" /><area href="/wiki/Tucker_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="285,189,286,200,308,206,311,190,285,183,276,189,281,199" alt="Tucker" title="Tucker" /><area href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="324,179,332,185,331,206,321,213,333,220,337,184,316,182,325,198,324,201,320,208" alt="Grant" title="Grant" /><area href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="337,167,361,152,362,145,347,171,347,178,327,168" alt="Mineral" title="Mineral" /><area href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="349,193,352,217,355,223,374,203,379,198,350,188" alt="Hardy" title="Hardy" /><area href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="379,152,388,172,361,178,390,189,372,188,376,158,367,163,396,158,357,180" alt="Hampshire" title="Hampshire" /><area href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="404,144,417,136,404,149,411,153,412,148,414,144" alt="Morgan" title="Morgan" /><area href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="426,148,429,164,419,162,435,142,445,150" alt="Berkeley" title="Berkeley" /><area href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" shape="poly" coords="446,167,439,173,449,160,449,178,442,179,447,184,435,174,448,157" alt="Jefferson" title="Jefferson" /></map><figcaption>West Virginia counties (clickable map)</figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/State_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="State of West Virginia">State of West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">55</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">5,000 (<a href="/wiki/Wirt_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wirt County, West Virginia">Wirt</a>) – 174,805 (<a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">83 square miles (210 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia">Hancock</a>) – 1,040 square miles (2,700 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_government" class="mw-redirect" title="County government">County government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>cities, towns, unincorporated communities, <a href="/wiki/Census_designated_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Census designated place">census designated place</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> has 55 <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>. Fifty of them existed at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Convention" title="Wheeling Convention">Wheeling Convention</a> in 1861, during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> to form the new state of West Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Statehood_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Statehood-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five additional counties (<a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" title="Grant County, West Virginia">Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mineral County, West Virginia">Mineral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lincoln County, West Virginia">Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Summers_County,_West_Virginia" title="Summers County, West Virginia">Summers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mingo_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mingo County, West Virginia">Mingo</a>) were formed from the original counties<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the decades following admission. </p><p>After the Civil War, <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson County</a>, the two easternmost counties of West Virginia, refused to recognize their inclusion in the state, and the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a> passed legislation attempting to reclaim them. In March 1866, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> passed a joint mandate assenting to their inclusion in the new state, and the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> confirmed this outcome in the case of <i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_v._West_Virginia" title="Virginia v. West Virginia">Virginia v. West Virginia</a></i> (1871).<sup id="cite_ref-WV_State_shape_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_State_shape-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_West_Virginia" title="Constitution of West Virginia">West Virginia Constitution</a> was ratified in 1872, replacing the state constitution created in 1863 when West Virginia became a state.<sup id="cite_ref-Bastress_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bastress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 9, Section 8, of the West Virginia Constitution permits the creation of additional counties if a majority of citizens in the proposed new county vote for its creation and the new county has a minimum area of 400 square miles (1,036 km<sup>2</sup>) and a population of at least 6,000. Creation of a new county is prohibited if it would bring another county below these thresholds.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Code_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Code-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three counties (<a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a>) have sufficient population (based on the 2020 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census">United States Census</a>) and land area to allow a new county to be split off.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Code_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Code-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Census_QuickFacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining counties cannot be split, as either their land area would decrease to under 400 square miles, or their population would decrease to below 6,000.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Code_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Code-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Census_QuickFacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The role of counties in local government had been minimized under the 1863 constitution, which vested most local government authority in a system of townships based on the <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">New England model</a>. The authors of the 1872 constitution chose to return to the system used in Virginia, in which each county was governed by a county court with combined authority for executive, legislative, and judicial functions of the county government.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1880, West Virginia amended its constitution and replaced the county court system with an arrangement that divides county government powers between seven county offices, each of which is independently elected: the county commission, county clerk, circuit clerk, county sheriff, county assessor, county prosecuting attorney, and county surveyor of lands.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Functions_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Functions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counties have only those powers that are expressly granted to them by the state Constitution or by state statute. These powers include, but are not limited to, maintaining the infrastructure of the state, funding libraries, maintaining jails and hospitals, and waste disposal.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Functions_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Functions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reforming public education became a county function in 1933. In May 1933, a county unit plan was adopted. Under this plan, the state's 398 school districts were consolidated into the current 55 county school systems. This enabled public schools to be funded more economically and saved West Virginia millions of dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km<sup>2</sup>), and <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia">Hancock County</a> is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Census_QuickFacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties<sup id="cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Culture_and_History-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). <a href="/wiki/Wirt_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wirt County, West Virginia">Wirt County</a> has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-Census_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest county is <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire</a>, established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Spruce_Knob" class="mw-redirect" title="Spruce Knob">Spruce Knob</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton County</a>, is the state's highest point at 4,863 feet (1,482 m).<sup id="cite_ref-Pendleton_County_History_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pendleton_County_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">Federal Information Processing Standard</a> (FIPS) codes, which are used by the United States government to identify counties uniquely, are five-digit numbers. For West Virginia, they start with 54 and end with the three-digit county code (for example, Barbour County has FIPS code 54001). Each county's code is provided in the table below, linked to census data for that county.<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">County<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width:75px;"><abbr title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</abbr> code<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 10px;">County seat<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;">Origin<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Culture_and_History-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" class="unsortable">Etymology<sup id="cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WV_Culture_and_History-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">Population<sup id="cite_ref-Census_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 80px;" class="unsortable">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" title="Barbour County, West Virginia">Barbour County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54001,00">001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippi,_West_Virginia" title="Philippi, West Virginia">Philippi</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_P._Barbour" title="Philip P. Barbour">Philip P. Barbour</a><br /> (1783–1841) <br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Speaker_of_the_House" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Speaker of the House">United States Speaker of the House</a> <br />(1821–23) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004153780000000000♠">15,378</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002341000000000000♠">341</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002883000000000000♠">883</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Barbour County"><img alt="State map highlighting Barbour County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Barbour_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54003,00">003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg</a></td> <td>1772</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norborne_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Botetourt" title="Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt">Norborne Berkeley</a><br /> (1717–70)<br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Governor_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Governor of Virginia">Royal Governor of Virginia</a> <br />(1768–70) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005132440000000000♠">132,440</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002321000000000000♠">321</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002831000000000000♠">831</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Berkeley County"><img alt="State map highlighting Berkeley County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Berkeley_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_West_Virginia" title="Boone County, West Virginia">Boone County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54005,00">005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison,_West_Virginia" title="Madison, West Virginia">Madison</a></td> <td>1847</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a> <br />(1734–1820)<br />American frontiersman </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004205760000000000♠">20,576</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002503000000000000♠">503</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003130300000000000♠">1,303</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Boone County"><img alt="State map highlighting Boone County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Braxton County, West Virginia">Braxton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54007,00">007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_West_Virginia" title="Sutton, West Virginia">Sutton</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carter_Braxton" title="Carter Braxton">Carter Braxton</a><br /> (1736–97)<br />Signer of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004121620000000000♠">12,162</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002514000000000000♠">514</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003133100000000000♠">1,331</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Braxton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Braxton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Braxton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brooke_County,_West_Virginia" title="Brooke County, West Virginia">Brooke County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54009,00">009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Wellsburg, West Virginia">Wellsburg</a></td> <td>1796</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ohio County, West Virginia">Ohio County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke_(Virginia_governor)" title="Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)">Robert Brooke</a><br /> (1761–1800)<br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> <br /> (1794–96) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004213730000000000♠">21,373</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001890000000000000♠">89</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002231000000000000♠">231</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Brooke County"><img alt="State map highlighting Brooke County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Brooke_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54011,00">011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington</a></td> <td>1809</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_H._Cabell" title="William H. Cabell">William H. Cabell</a> <br />(1772–1853)<br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> <br /> (1805–08) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004920820000000000♠">92,082</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002282000000000000♠">282</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠">730</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cabell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cabell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Cabell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_West_Virginia" title="Calhoun County, West Virginia">Calhoun County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54013,00">013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grantsville,_West_Virginia" title="Grantsville, West Virginia">Grantsville</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Gilmer County, West Virginia">Gilmer County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> <br />(1782–1850)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Vice_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Vice President">United States Vice President</a><br />(1825–32) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003595900000000000♠">5,959</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002281000000000000♠">281</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002728000000000000♠">728</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Calhoun County"><img alt="State map highlighting Calhoun County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_West_Virginia" title="Clay County, West Virginia">Clay County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54015,00">015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clay,_West_Virginia" title="Clay, West Virginia">Clay</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Braxton County, West Virginia">Braxton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a> <br />(1777–1852)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a><br />(1823–25)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Speaker_of_the_House" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Speaker of the House">United States Speaker of the House</a> <br /> (1849–52) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003778300000000000♠">7,783</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002342000000000000♠">342</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002886000000000000♠">886</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clay County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clay County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Doddridge_County,_West_Virginia" title="Doddridge County, West Virginia">Doddridge County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54017,00">017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Union,_West_Virginia" title="West Union, West Virginia">West Union</a></td> <td>1845</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ritchie County, West Virginia">Ritchie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tyler County, West Virginia">Tyler</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Doddridge_(Virginia_politician)" title="Philip Doddridge (Virginia politician)">Philip Doddridge</a> <br />(1773–1832)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> (Virginia)<br />(1829–32) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003768000000000000♠">7,680</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002320000000000000♠">320</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002829000000000000♠">829</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Doddridge County"><img alt="State map highlighting Doddridge County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" title="Fayette County, West Virginia">Fayette County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54019,00">019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_West_Virginia" title="Fayetteville, West Virginia">Fayetteville</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_Lafayette" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette">Marquis de Lafayette</a><br />(1757–1834)<br />French-born <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> General </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004390720000000000♠">39,072</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002664000000000000♠">664</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003172000000000000♠">1,720</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Fayette County"><img alt="State map highlighting Fayette County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Gilmer County, West Virginia">Gilmer County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54021,00">021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenville,_West_Virginia" title="Glenville, West Virginia">Glenville</a></td> <td>1845</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walker_Gilmer" title="Thomas Walker Gilmer">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a><br />(1802–44)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a><br />(1844)<br />Governor of Virginia<br /> (1840–41) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003725400000000000♠">7,254</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002340000000000000♠">340</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002881000000000000♠">881</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Gilmer County"><img alt="State map highlighting Gilmer County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Gilmer_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" title="Grant County, West Virginia">Grant County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54023,00">023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Petersburg, West Virginia">Petersburg</a></td> <td>1866</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a><br />(1822–85)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a><br />(1869–77) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004109210000000000♠">10,921</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002477000000000000♠">477</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003123500000000000♠">1,235</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Grant County"><img alt="State map highlighting Grant County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54025,00">025</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewisburg,_West_Virginia" title="Lewisburg, West Virginia">Lewisburg</a></td> <td>1778</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Virginia" title="Montgomery County, Virginia">Montgomery County (Virginia)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Botetourt_County,_Virginia" title="Botetourt County, Virginia">Botetourt County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_River" title="Greenbrier River">Greenbrier River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004321490000000000♠">32,149</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003102100000000000♠">1,021</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003264400000000000♠">2,644</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Greenbrier County"><img alt="State map highlighting Greenbrier County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Greenbrier_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54027,00">027</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Romney,_West_Virginia" title="Romney, West Virginia">Romney</a></td> <td>1754</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County (Virginia)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick County (Virginia)</a></td> <td>County of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004236490000000000♠">23,649</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002642000000000000♠">642</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003166300000000000♠">1,663</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hampshire County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hampshire County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia">Hancock County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54029,00">029</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Cumberland,_West_Virginia" title="New Cumberland, West Virginia">New Cumberland</a></td> <td>1848</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooke_County,_West_Virginia" title="Brooke County, West Virginia">Brooke County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock" title="John Hancock">John Hancock</a> <br />(1737–93)<br />One of the <a href="/wiki/Signers_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Signers of the Declaration of Independence">Signers of the Declaration of Independence</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a><br /> (1780–85)<br /> and (1787–93) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004281450000000000♠">28,145</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001830000000000000♠">83</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002215000000000000♠">215</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hancock County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hancock County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54031,00">031</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorefield,_West_Virginia" title="Moorefield, West Virginia">Moorefield</a></td> <td>1786</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hardy" title="Samuel Hardy">Samuel Hardy</a><br /> (1758–85)<br />Virginia delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> <br />(1783–85) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004142510000000000♠">14,251</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002583000000000000♠">583</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003151000000000000♠">1,510</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hardy County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hardy County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Hardy_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54033,00">033</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_West_Virginia" title="Clarksburg, West Virginia">Clarksburg</a></td> <td>1784</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monongalia County, West Virginia">Monongalia County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison V</a> <br />(1726–91)<br />Governor of Virginia<br /> (1781–84) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004646390000000000♠">64,639</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002416000000000000♠">416</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003107700000000000♠">1,077</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Harrison County"><img alt="State map highlighting Harrison County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Harrison_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jackson County, West Virginia">Jackson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54035,00">035</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ripley,_West_Virginia" title="Ripley, West Virginia">Ripley</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mason County, West Virginia">Mason</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> <br />(1767–1845)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a><br />(1829–37) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004275930000000000♠">27,593</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002466000000000000♠">466</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003120700000000000♠">1,207</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jackson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jackson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54037,00">037</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a></td> <td>1801</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> <br />(1743–1826)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a><br />(1801–09) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004597870000000000♠">59,787</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002210000000000000♠">210</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002544000000000000♠">544</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jefferson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jefferson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54039,00">039</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a></td> <td>1789</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Virginia" title="Montgomery County, Virginia">Montgomery County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_River" title="Kanawha River">Kanawha River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005174805000000000♠">174,805</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002903000000000000♠">903</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003233900000000000♠">2,339</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kanawha County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kanawha County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Kanawha_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54041,00">041</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weston,_West_Virginia" title="Weston, West Virginia">Weston</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison County</a></td> <td>Charles Lewis<br />(1736–74)<br /> American Colonel killed at the <br /> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant" title="Battle of Point Pleasant">Battle of Point Pleasant</a><sup id="cite_ref-Charles_Lewis_bio_data_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charles_Lewis_bio_data-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004165000000000000♠">16,500</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002389000000000000♠">389</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003100800000000000♠">1,008</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lewis County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lewis County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lincoln County, West Virginia">Lincoln County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54043,00">043</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamlin,_West_Virginia" title="Hamlin, West Virginia">Hamlin</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_West_Virginia" title="Boone County, West Virginia">Boone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_West_Virginia" title="Putnam County, West Virginia">Putnam</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a><br /> (1809–65)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a><br />(1861–65) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004197010000000000♠">19,701</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002438000000000000♠">438</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113400000000000♠">1,134</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lincoln County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lincoln County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54045,00">045</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan,_West_Virginia" title="Logan, West Virginia">Logan</a></td> <td>1824</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a> counties, <a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles County (Virginia)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Logan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Logan">Chief Logan</a><br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1723</span>-80)<br />Mingo leader </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004308270000000000♠">30,827</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002454000000000000♠">454</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003117600000000000♠">1,176</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Logan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Logan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54049,00">049</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont</a></td> <td>1842</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monongalia County, West Virginia">Monongalia</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion" title="Francis Marion">Francis Marion</a><br />(1732–95)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> General<br />(1757–82) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004558070000000000♠">55,807</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002310000000000000♠">310</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002803000000000000♠">803</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marion County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marion County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marshall County, West Virginia">Marshall County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54051,00">051</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moundsville,_West_Virginia" title="Moundsville, West Virginia">Moundsville</a></td> <td>1835</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ohio County, West Virginia">Ohio County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall" title="John Marshall">John Marshall</a><br />(1755–1835)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a><br /> (1800–01)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice of the United States</a><br />(1801–35) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004294050000000000♠">29,405</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002307000000000000♠">307</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002795000000000000♠">795</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marshall County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marshall County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mason County, West Virginia">Mason County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54053,00">053</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia" title="Point Pleasant, West Virginia">Point Pleasant</a></td> <td>1804</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mason" title="George Mason">George Mason</a><br /> (1725–92)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitutional_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitutional Convention">United States Constitutional Convention</a><br />"Father of the Bill of Rights" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004247650000000000♠">24,765</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002432000000000000♠">432</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003111900000000000♠">1,119</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mason County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mason County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_West_Virginia" title="McDowell County, West Virginia">McDowell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54047,00">047</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Welch,_West_Virginia" title="Welch, West Virginia">Welch</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_McDowell" title="James McDowell">James McDowell</a><br /> (1795–1851)<br />Governor of Virginia<br /> (1843–46) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004174390000000000♠">17,439</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002535000000000000♠">535</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003138600000000000♠">1,386</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McDowell County"><img alt="State map highlighting McDowell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_McDowell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mercer County, West Virginia">Mercer County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54055,00">055</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_West_Virginia" title="Princeton, West Virginia">Princeton</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles County (Virginia)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mercer" title="Hugh Mercer">Hugh Mercer</a><br />(1726–77)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> General<br />(1775–76) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004580570000000000♠">58,057</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002420000000000000♠">420</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003108800000000000♠">1,088</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mercer County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mercer County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mineral County, West Virginia">Mineral County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54057,00">057</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keyser,_West_Virginia" title="Keyser, West Virginia">Keyser</a></td> <td>1866</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire County</a></td> <td>abundant mineral resources </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004268670000000000♠">26,867</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002328000000000000♠">328</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002850000000000000♠">850</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mineral County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mineral County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mineral_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mingo_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mingo County, West Virginia">Mingo County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54059,00">059</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williamson,_West_Virginia" title="Williamson, West Virginia">Williamson</a></td> <td>1895</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mingo" title="Mingo">Mingo</a> Native Americans </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004220230000000000♠">22,023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002423000000000000♠">423</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003109600000000000♠">1,096</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mingo County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mingo County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Mingo_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monongalia County, West Virginia">Monongalia County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54061,00">061</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown</a></td> <td>1776</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County (Virginia)</a></td> <td>Latin derivation for <a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005107718000000000♠">107,718</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002361000000000000♠">361</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002935000000000000♠">935</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Monongalia County"><img alt="State map highlighting Monongalia County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monongalia_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monroe County, West Virginia">Monroe County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54063,00">063</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union,_Monroe_County,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Union, Monroe County, West Virginia">Union</a></td> <td>1799</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a><br />(1758–1831)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> (Virginia)<br />(1790–94)<br />Governor of Virginia<br /> (1799–1802)<br /> and (1811)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a><br />(1817–25) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004123820000000000♠">12,382</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002473000000000000♠">473</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003122500000000000♠">1,225</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Monroe County"><img alt="State map highlighting Monroe County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Morgan County, West Virginia">Morgan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54065,00">065</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Springs,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley Springs, West Virginia">Berkeley Springs</a></td> <td>1820</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Morgan" title="Daniel Morgan">Daniel Morgan</a><br /> (1736–1802)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> (Virginia) <br />(1797–99) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004176490000000000♠">17,649</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002229000000000000♠">229</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002593000000000000♠">593</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Morgan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Morgan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54067,00">067</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Summersville,_West_Virginia" title="Summersville, West Virginia">Summersville</a></td> <td>1818</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Cary_Nicholas" title="Wilson Cary Nicholas">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a><br /> (1761–1820)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> (Virginia)<br />(1799–1804)<br />Governor of Virginia<br /> (1814–16) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004241690000000000♠">24,169</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002649000000000000♠">649</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003168100000000000♠">1,681</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Nicholas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Nicholas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Nicholas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ohio County, West Virginia">Ohio County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54069,00">069</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a></td> <td>1776</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County (Virginia)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004411940000000000♠">41,194</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002106000000000000♠">106</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002275000000000000♠">275</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ohio County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ohio County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ohio_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54071,00">071</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_West_Virginia" title="Franklin, West Virginia">Franklin</a></td> <td>1788</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County (Virginia)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_Virginia" title="Rockingham County, Virginia">Rockingham County (Virginia)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Pendleton" title="Edmund Pendleton">Edmund Pendleton</a> <br />(1721–1803)<br /><a href="/wiki/First_Continental_Congress" title="First Continental Congress">First Continental Congress</a><br />(1774) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003602900000000000♠">6,029</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002698000000000000♠">698</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003180800000000000♠">1,808</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pendleton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pendleton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pendleton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pleasants_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pleasants County, West Virginia">Pleasants County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54073,00">073</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Marys,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Marys, West Virginia">Saint Marys</a></td> <td>1851</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ritchie County, West Virginia">Ritchie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tyler County, West Virginia">Tyler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Pleasants" title="James Pleasants">James Pleasants, Jr.</a> <br />(1769–1836)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> (Virginia) <br />(1819–22)<br />Governor of Virginia<br />(1822–25) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003742800000000000♠">7,428</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002131000000000000♠">131</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠">339</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pleasants County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pleasants County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pleasants_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54075,00">075</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlinton,_West_Virginia" title="Marlinton, West Virginia">Marlinton</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath County (Virginia)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas" title="Pocahontas">Pocahontas</a> <br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1595</span>–1617)<br /><a href="/wiki/Powhatan" title="Powhatan">Powhatan</a> Native American slave of early English settlers </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003776500000000000♠">7,765</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002940000000000000♠">940</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003243500000000000♠">2,435</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pocahontas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pocahontas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Pocahontas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Preston_County,_West_Virginia" title="Preston County, West Virginia">Preston County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54077,00">077</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_West_Virginia" title="Kingwood, West Virginia">Kingwood</a></td> <td>1818</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monongalia County, West Virginia">Monongalia County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Patton_Preston" title="James Patton Preston">James Patton Preston</a><br />(1774–1843)<br />Governor of Virginia<br />(1816–19) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004340990000000000♠">34,099</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠">648</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003167800000000000♠">1,678</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Preston County"><img alt="State map highlighting Preston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Preston_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_West_Virginia" title="Putnam County, West Virginia">Putnam County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54079,00">079</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winfield,_West_Virginia" title="Winfield, West Virginia">Winfield</a></td> <td>1848</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mason County, West Virginia">Mason</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel_Putnam" title="Israel Putnam">Israel Putnam</a><br />(1718–90)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> General </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004569620000000000♠">56,962</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002346000000000000♠">346</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠">896</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Putnam County"><img alt="State map highlighting Putnam County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia" title="Raleigh County, West Virginia">Raleigh County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54081,00">081</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley</a></td> <td>1850</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" title="Fayette County, West Virginia">Fayette County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Raleigh" title="Walter Raleigh">Sir Walter Raleigh</a><br />(1554–1618)<br />English explorer and poet </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004723560000000000♠">72,356</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002607000000000000♠">607</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003157200000000000♠">1,572</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Raleigh County"><img alt="State map highlighting Raleigh County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Raleigh_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54083,00">083</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elkins,_West_Virginia" title="Elkins, West Virginia">Elkins</a></td> <td>1787</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Randolph" title="Edmund Randolph">Edmund Jennings Randolph</a><br />(1753–1813)<br />Governor of Virginia<br />(1786–88)<br />First <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a><br />(1789–94) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004273500000000000♠">27,350</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003104000000000000♠">1,040</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003269400000000000♠">2,694</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Randolph County"><img alt="State map highlighting Randolph County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ritchie County, West Virginia">Ritchie County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54085,00">085</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrisville,_West_Virginia" title="Harrisville, West Virginia">Harrisville</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ritchie_(journalist)" title="Thomas Ritchie (journalist)">Thomas Ritchie</a><br />(1778–1854)<br />nationally influential Virginia newspaper publisher </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003816700000000000♠">8,167</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002454000000000000♠">454</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003117600000000000♠">1,176</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ritchie County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ritchie County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Ritchie_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Roane_County,_West_Virginia" title="Roane County, West Virginia">Roane County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54087,00">087</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_West_Virginia" title="Spencer, West Virginia">Spencer</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Gilmer County, West Virginia">Gilmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jackson County, West Virginia">Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Roane" title="Spencer Roane">Spencer Roane</a><br />(1762–1822)<br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Supreme Court">Virginia Supreme Court</a> Justice <br />(1794–1822) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004137430000000000♠">13,743</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002484000000000000♠">484</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003125400000000000♠">1,254</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Roane County"><img alt="State map highlighting Roane County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Roane_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Summers_County,_West_Virginia" title="Summers County, West Virginia">Summers County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54089,00">089</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinton,_West_Virginia" title="Hinton, West Virginia">Hinton</a></td> <td>1871</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" title="Fayette County, West Virginia">Fayette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mercer County, West Virginia">Mercer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monroe County, West Virginia">Monroe</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Summers" title="George W. Summers">George W. Summers</a><br />(1804–68)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> (Virginia)<br />(1843) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004115810000000000♠">11,581</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002361000000000000♠">361</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002935000000000000♠">935</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Summers County"><img alt="State map highlighting Summers County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Summers_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_West_Virginia" title="Taylor County, West Virginia">Taylor County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54091,00">091</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_West_Virginia" title="Grafton, West Virginia">Grafton</a></td> <td>1844</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" title="Barbour County, West Virginia">Barbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_of_Caroline" title="John Taylor of Caroline">John Taylor of Caroline</a><br />(1753–1824)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> (Virginia)<br />(1792–94) and <br />(1803) and <br />(1822–24) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004163880000000000♠">16,388</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002173000000000000♠">173</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002448000000000000♠">448</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Taylor County"><img alt="State map highlighting Taylor County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Taylor_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tucker_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tucker County, West Virginia">Tucker County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54093,00">093</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parsons,_West_Virginia" title="Parsons, West Virginia">Parsons</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_St._George_Tucker,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.">Henry St. George Tucker</a><br />(1780–1848)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> (Virginia)<br />(1815–19)<br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Supreme Court">Virginia Supreme Court</a><br />(1831–41) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003660400000000000♠">6,604</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002419000000000000♠">419</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003108500000000000♠">1,085</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Tucker County"><img alt="State map highlighting Tucker County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tucker_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tyler County, West Virginia">Tyler County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54095,00">095</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middlebourne,_West_Virginia" title="Middlebourne, West Virginia">Middlebourne</a></td> <td>1814</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ohio County, West Virginia">Ohio County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John Tyler, Sr.">John Tyler, Sr.</a><br />(1747–1813)<br />Governor of Virginia<br />(1808–11) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003791900000000000♠">7,919</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002258000000000000♠">258</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002668000000000000♠">668</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Tyler County"><img alt="State map highlighting Tyler County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Tyler_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Upshur_County,_West_Virginia" title="Upshur County, West Virginia">Upshur County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54097,00">097</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia" title="Buckhannon, West Virginia">Buckhannon</a></td> <td>1851</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" title="Barbour County, West Virginia">Barbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abel_P._Upshur" title="Abel P. Upshur">Abel Parker Upshur</a><br />(1790–1844)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a><br />(1841–43)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a><br />(1843–44) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004235290000000000♠">23,529</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002355000000000000♠">355</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002919000000000000♠">919</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Upshur County"><img alt="State map highlighting Upshur County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Upshur_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wayne County, West Virginia">Wayne County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54099,00">099</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne,_West_Virginia" title="Wayne, West Virginia">Wayne</a></td> <td>1842</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wayne" title="Anthony Wayne">"Mad" Anthony Wayne</a><br />Major General<br />(1745–96)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a><br />(1775–83)<br />and (1792–96)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a><br />(1791) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004376860000000000♠">37,686</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002506000000000000♠">506</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003131100000000000♠">1,311</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wayne County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wayne County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Webster_County,_West_Virginia" title="Webster County, West Virginia">Webster County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54101,00">101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Webster_Springs,_West_Virginia" title="Webster Springs, West Virginia">Webster Springs</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Braxton County, West Virginia">Braxton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a><br />(1782–1852)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br />(1827–41) and<br />(1845–50)<br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a><br />(1841–53) and <br />(1850–52) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003804500000000000♠">8,045</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002556000000000000♠">556</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003144000000000000♠">1,440</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Webster County"><img alt="State map highlighting Webster County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wetzel_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wetzel County, West Virginia">Wetzel County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54103,00">103</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Martinsville,_West_Virginia" title="New Martinsville, West Virginia">New Martinsville</a></td> <td>1846</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tyler County, West Virginia">Tyler County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Wetzel" title="Lewis Wetzel">Lewis Wetzel</a><br />(1763–1808)<br />noted frontiersman </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004138900000000000♠">13,890</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002359000000000000♠">359</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002930000000000000♠">930</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wetzel County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wetzel County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wetzel_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wirt_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wirt County, West Virginia">Wirt County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54105,00">105</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_West_Virginia" title="Elizabeth, West Virginia">Elizabeth</a></td> <td>1848</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jackson County, West Virginia">Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a> counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Wirt_(Attorney_General)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wirt (Attorney General)">William Wirt</a><br />(1772–1834)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a><br />(1817–29) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003500000000000000♠">5,000</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002233000000000000♠">233</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002603000000000000♠">603</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wirt County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wirt County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wirt_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54107,00">107</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia">Parkersburg</a></td> <td>1798</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Wood_(governor)" title="James Wood (governor)">James Wood</a><br />(1741–1813)<br />Governor of Virginia<br />(1796–99) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004830520000000000♠">83,052</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002367000000000000♠">367</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002951000000000000♠">951</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wood County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wood County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wyoming County, West Virginia">Wyoming County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/54109,00">109</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pineville,_West_Virginia" title="Pineville, West Virginia">Pineville</a></td> <td>1850</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan County</a></td> <td>derived from <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> Native American term for "wide plain" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004202770000000000♠">20,277</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002501000000000000♠">501</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003129800000000000♠">1,298</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wyoming County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wyoming County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg/100px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg/150px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg/200px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wyoming_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia" title="List of governors of West Virginia">List of governors of West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_West_Virginia" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia">List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Virginia_counties_by_socioeconomic_factors" title="List of West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors">List of West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Founding_Dates_and_Etymology_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLewis1896" class="citation book cs1">Lewis, Virgil (1896). <i>History and Government of West Virginia</i> (1st ed.). New York: Werner School Book Company. pp. 264–270.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+and+Government+of+West+Virginia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=264-270&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Werner+School+Book+Company&rft.date=1896&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=Virgil&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (WV County Founding Dates and Etymology). Other editions available at <a href="/wiki/ASIN" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009CI6FRI">B009CI6FRI</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xrgUAAAAYAAJ">Google Books</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_Statehood-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WV_Statehood_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLittlefield1910" class="citation book cs1">Littlefield, Charles (1910). <i>Commonwealth of Virginia, plaintiff vs. ... State of West Virginia, defendant</i> (1st ed.). Charleston, WV: Lovett Printing Company. pp. 9–10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Commonwealth+of+Virginia%2C+plaintiff+vs.+...+State+of+West+Virginia%2C+defendant&rft.place=Charleston%2C+WV&rft.pages=9-10&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Lovett+Printing+Company&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Littlefield&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (WV Statehood). Other editions available at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781274843111" title="Special:BookSources/9781274843111">9781274843111</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3jguAAAAYAAJ&q=Commonwealth+of+Virginia+versus+West+Virginia">Google Books</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_State_shape-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WV_State_shape_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiceBrown1993" class="citation book cs1">Rice, Otis & Brown, Stephen (1993). <i>West Virginia, A History</i> (2nd ed.). Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 153.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=West+Virginia%2C+A+History&rft.place=Lexington&rft.pages=153&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Rice&rft.aufirst=Otis&rft.au=Brown%2C+Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (WV State Boundaries). Other editions available: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813118543" title="Special:BookSources/9780813118543">9780813118543</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wvpublic.org/radio/2020-08-05/august-5-1863-berkeley-co-admitted-to-new-state-of-wv">"August 5, 1863: Berkeley Co. Admitted to New State of WV"</a>. <i>WVPB</i>. August 5, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 18,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WVPB&rft.atitle=August+5%2C+1863%3A+Berkeley+Co.+Admitted+to+New+State+of+WV&rft.date=2020-08-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wvpublic.org%2Fradio%2F2020-08-05%2Faugust-5-1863-berkeley-co-admitted-to-new-state-of-wv&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bastress-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bastress_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBastress1995" class="citation book cs1">Bastress, Robert (1995). <i>The West Virginia Constitution: A Reference Guide</i>. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0313274096" title="Special:BookSources/0313274096"><bdi>0313274096</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+West+Virginia+Constitution%3A+A+Reference+Guide&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.pages=18&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0313274096&rft.aulast=Bastress&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_Code-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Code_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Code_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Code_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarth1887" class="citation book cs1">Warth, John (1887). <i>The Code of West Virginia</i>. Wheeling and Charleston WV: West Virginia Printing Company, Printers and Binders. pp. 271–273.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Code+of+West+Virginia&rft.place=Wheeling+and+Charleston+WV&rft.pages=271-273&rft.pub=West+Virginia+Printing+Company%2C+Printers+and+Binders&rft.date=1887&rft.aulast=Warth&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> Other editions available at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781231066737" title="Special:BookSources/9781231066737">9781231066737</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6GsnAAAAYAAJ">Google Books</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NACO-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx">"Find A County"</a>. National Association of Counties<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 4,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Find+A+County&rft.pub=National+Association+of+Counties&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naco.org%2FCounties%2FPages%2FFindACounty.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (Find a county)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_Census_QuickFacts-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Census_QuickFacts_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54000.html">"West Virginia QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau"</a>. United States Census Bureau<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 4,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=West+Virginia+QuickFacts+from+the+US+Census+Bureau&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fquickfacts.census.gov%2Fqfd%2Fstates%2F54000.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (2010 Census)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBastress1995">Bastress (1995)</a>, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_County_Functions-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Functions_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_County_Functions_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrisbin1996" class="citation book cs1">Brisbin, Richard (1996). <i>West Virginia Politics and Government</i>. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 142–146. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0803212712" title="Special:BookSources/0803212712"><bdi>0803212712</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=West+Virginia+Politics+and+Government&rft.pages=142-146&rft.pub=University+of+Nebraska+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0803212712&rft.aulast=Brisbin&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRiceBrown1993">Rice & Brown (1993)</a>, p. 247.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WV_Culture_and_History-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WV_Culture_and_History_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010923185022/http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvcounties.html">"West Virginia Counties"</a>. West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvcounties.html">the original</a> on September 23, 2001<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 4,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=West+Virginia+Counties&rft.pub=West+Virginia+Division+of+Culture+and+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wvculture.org%2Fhistory%2Fwvcounties.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (WV County Formation)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Census-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Census_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/WV/PST045219">"West Virginia QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau"</a>. United States Census Bureau<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 20,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=West+Virginia+QuickFacts+from+the+US+Census+Bureau&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fquickfacts%2Ffact%2Ftable%2FWV%2FPST045219&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> (2023 Census estimate)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pendleton_County_History-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pendleton_County_History_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorton1910" class="citation book cs1">Morton, Oren (1910). <i>A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia</i> (1st ed.). Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins Company. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Pendleton+County%2C+West+Virginia&rft.place=Dayton%2C+VA&rft.pages=3&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Ruebush-Elkins+Company&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Morton&rft.aufirst=Oren&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span> Other editions available at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781165299102" title="Special:BookSources/9781165299102">9781165299102</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FIPS-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FIPS_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FIPS_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140321202643/http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/wv.html">"EPA County FIPS Code Listing"</a>. <i>EPA.gov</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/wv.html">the original</a> on March 21, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 4,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=EPA.gov&rft.atitle=EPA+County+FIPS+Code+Listing&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fenviro%2Fhtml%2Fcodes%2Fwv.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Charles_Lewis_bio_data-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Charles_Lewis_bio_data_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCulloch1908" class="citation book cs1">McCulloch, Delia (1908). <i>American Historical Magazine Volume 3</i>. 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title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_West_Virginia" title="Southern West Virginia">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area">Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_statistical_areas" title="West Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_metropolitan_area,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown_metropolitan_area" title="Hagerstown metropolitan 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