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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Jefferson County, West Virginia</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_K%C5%ABn_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson Kūn (West Virginia) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Jefferson Kūn (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Джеферсън (окръг, Западна Вирджиния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джеферсън (окръг, Западна Вирджиния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Jefferson County, 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-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, West Virginia) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Gorllewin_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, Gorllewin Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Jefferson County, 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-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Kaundi,_Wescht_Wirschini" title="Jefferson Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Jefferson Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (West Virginia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jefferson County (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-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersoni_maakond_(L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Virginia)" title="Jeffersoni maakond (Lääne-Virginia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jeffersoni maakond (Lääne-Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD_(%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%92%CE%B9%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1)" title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Δυτική Βιρτζίνια) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Δυτική Βιρτζίνια)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Jefferson_(Virginia_Occidental)" title="Condado de Jefferson (Virginia Occidental) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Jefferson (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/Kantono_Jefferson_(Okcidenta_Virginio)" title="Kantono Jefferson (Okcidenta Virginio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Jefferson (Okcidenta Virginio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_konderria_(Mendebaldeko_Virginia)" title="Jefferson konderria (Mendebaldeko Virginia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jefferson konderria (Mendebaldeko Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="شهرستان جفرسون، ویرجینیای غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان جفرسون، ویرجینیای غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Jefferson_(Virginie-Occidentale)" title="Comté de Jefferson (Virginie-Occidentale) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Jefferson (Virginie-Occidentale)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AE%DB%8A%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%ED%8D%BC%EC%8A%A8%EA%B5%B0_(%EC%9B%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%B2%84%EC%A7%80%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="제퍼슨군 (웨스트버지니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제퍼슨군 (웨스트버지니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A7%B1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson-s%C3%BDsla,_Vestur-Virgin%C3%ADu" title="Jefferson-sýsla, Vestur-Virginíu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Jefferson-sýsla, Vestur-Virginíu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Jefferson_(Virginia_Occidentale)" title="Contea di Jefferson (Virginia Occidentale) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Jefferson (Virginia Occidentale)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Джефферсон (округ, Батыс Виргиния) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Джефферсон (округ, Батыс Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konteth_Jefferson,_Virjynni_West" title="Konteth Jefferson, Virjynni West – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Konteth Jefferson, Virjynni West" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_megye_(Nyugat-Virginia)" title="Jefferson megye (Nyugat-Virginia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jefferson megye (Nyugat-Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80_(%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE)" title="जेफरसन काउंटी (वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जेफरसन काउंटी (वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="جفرسون شهرستان (غربی ویرجینیا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جفرسون شهرستان (غربی ویرجینیا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_G%C3%B4ng_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson Gông (West Virginia) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Jefferson Gông (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (West Virginia) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jefferson County (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E9%83%A1_(%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="ジェファーソン郡 (ウェストバージニア州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジェファーソン郡 (ウェストバージニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Джефферсон (гуо, Малхбузен Виргини) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Джефферсон (гуо, Малхбузен Виргини)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Vest-Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (Vest-Virginia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Jefferson County (Vest-Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (West Virginia) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Jefferson County (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Jefferson_(Wirginia_Zachodnia)" title="Hrabstwo Jefferson (Wirginia Zachodnia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Jefferson (Wirginia Zachodnia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Jefferson_(Virg%C3%ADnia_Ocidental)" title="Condado de Jefferson (Virgínia Ocidental) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Jefferson (Virgínia Ocidental)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Jefferson,_Virginia_de_Vest" title="Comitatul Jefferson, Virginia de Vest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Jefferson, Virginia de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Джефферсон (округ, Западная Виргиния) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Джефферсон (округ, Западная Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County (West Virginia) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Jefferson County (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Jefferson County, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Округ Џеферсон (Западна Вирџинија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Џеферсон (Западна Вирџинија)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jefferson County, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonin_piirikunta_(L%C3%A4nsi-Virginia)" title="Jeffersonin piirikunta (Länsi-Virginia) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Jeffersonin piirikunta (Länsi-Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Jefferson County, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%88_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Джефферсон (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Джефферсон (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Bat%C4%B1_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, Batı Virginia – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Jefferson County, Batı Virginia" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Джефферсон (округ, Західна Вірджинія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Джефферсон (округ, Західна Вірджинія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Jefferson,_West_Virginia" title="Quận Jefferson, West Virginia – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Jefferson, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_han_Jefferson,_West_Virginia" title="Condado han Jefferson, West Virginia – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Condado han Jefferson, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%91%E4%BD%9B%E9%81%9C%E7%B8%A3_(%E8%A5%BF%E7%B6%AD%E5%90%89%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9E%E5%B7%9E)" title="傑佛遜縣 (西維吉尼亞州) – 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href="/wiki/File:2016-09-27_12_32_38_The_Jefferson_County_Court_House_at_the_intersection_of_West_Virginia_State_Route_115_(George_Street)_and_West_Virginia_State_Route_51_(Washington_Street)_in_Charles_Town,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town"><img alt="Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/2016-09-27_12_32_38_The_Jefferson_County_Court_House_at_the_intersection_of_West_Virginia_State_Route_115_%28George_Street%29_and_West_Virginia_State_Route_51_%28Washington_Street%29_in_Charles_Town%2C_Jefferson_County%2C_West_Virginia.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/450px-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/600px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Virginia_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="West Virginia's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting West Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/West_Virginia_in_United_States.svg/300px-West_Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png" 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&params=39.31_N_77.86_W_type:city(57701)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°19′N</span> <span class="longitude">77°52′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.31°N 77.86°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.31; -77.86</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 26, 1801</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Charles Town</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">212 sq mi (550 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">210 sq mi (500 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">2.0 sq mi (5 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.0%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">57,701</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2021)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">58,370 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">270/sq mi (110/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jeffersoncountywv.org/">jeffersoncountywv.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jefferson County</b> is located in the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia">Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia</a>. It is the easternmost <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> of 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>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 57,701.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was founded in 1801, and today is part of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County was established on October 26, 1801<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> from <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a> because the citizens of southeastern Berkeley County felt they had to travel too far to the county seat of <a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg</a>. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Washington" title="Charles Washington">Charles Washington</a>, the founder of Charles Town and brother to George Washington, petitioned for a new county to be formed. It was named for <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, author of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and third <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virginia previously had a Jefferson County, which is now <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">part of Kentucky</a>. Accordingly, in the State records of Virginia, there are listings for Jefferson County from 1780 to 1792 and Jefferson County from 1801 to 1863, neither of which are still in Virginia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Brown_rebellion">John Brown rebellion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: John Brown rebellion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg/240px-John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg/360px-John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg/480px-John_brown_interior_engine_house.jpg 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>Coverage of John Brown's raid in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (November 5, 1859), p. 359</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Courthouse_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County Courthouse (West Virginia)">The county's courthouse</a> was the site of the trial for the <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" title="Abolitionism in the United States">abolitionist</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)" title="John Brown (abolitionist)">John Brown</a> after his October 1859 raid on the federal <a href="/wiki/Armory_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armory (military)">armory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a>. Some 90 U.S. Marines serving under then Army Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a> and Lieutenants <a href="/wiki/J.E.B._Stuart" class="mw-redirect" title="J.E.B. Stuart">J.E.B. Stuart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Israel_Greene" title="Israel Greene">Israel Greene</a> put down the rebellion. </p><p>Brown was sentenced to death for murder, treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, and conspiring with slaves to rebel. On December 2, 1859, John Brown was taken from the Charles Town jail a short distance to an open field and hanged. Among those attending the Brown execution was a contingent of 1500 cadets from <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute" title="Virginia Military Institute">Virginia Military Institute</a> sent by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wise" title="Henry A. Wise">Henry A. Wise</a> under the supervision of Major <a href="/wiki/William_Gilham" title="William Gilham">William Gilham</a> and Major <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson" title="Stonewall Jackson">Thomas J. Jackson</a>. In the ranks of a Richmond militia company stood John Wilkes Booth. <a href="/wiki/Walt_Whitman" title="Walt Whitman">Walt Whitman</a> was also present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county was a frequent site of conflict during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, as Union and Confederate lines moved back and forth along the Shenandoah Valley. Some towns in the county changed hands between the Union and Confederacy over a dozen times, including Charles Town, and especially Harpers Ferry. </p><p>Jefferson County is the only part of modern-day <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> not exempted from the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation" title="Emancipation Proclamation">Emancipation Proclamation</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a> and the 48 counties designated as <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> had been). Slaves in the county thus were legally free as of January 1, 1863. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Courthouse_(Charles_Town,_West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson County Courthouse (Charles Town, West Virginia)">Jefferson County Courthouse</a> is the only courthouse in America to have held two treason trials: the trial of <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)" title="John Brown (abolitionist)">John Brown</a> in 1859 and a trial arising from the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain" title="Battle of Blair Mountain">Battle of Blair Mountain</a> labor rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpinv2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpinv2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joining_West_Virginia">Joining West Virginia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Joining West Virginia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg/240px-MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg/360px-MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg/480px-MD-VA-WV_tripoint_in_Potomac_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tripoint" title="Tripoint">Tripoint</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Ferry,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper's Ferry, West Virginia">Harper's Ferry</a>, the lowest point in West Virginia</figcaption></figure> <p>Jefferson County had voted for secession in the vote taken on May 23, 1861. However, Jefferson County, along with Berkeley County, both counties lying on the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a>, with the consent of the <a href="/wiki/Reorganized_Government_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Reorganized Government of Virginia">Reorganized Government of Virginia</a> voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia in 1863.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Virginia tried to nullify this after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, but the counties remained part of West Virginia. </p><p>The question of the constitutionality of the formation of the new state was brought before the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> in the following manner: <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley</a> and Jefferson County, West Virginia, counties lying on the Potomac east of the mountains, in 1863, with the consent of the Reorganized Government of Virginia, had supposedly voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia. However, many voters were absent in the Confederate Army when the vote was taken and they refused to accept the transfer upon their return. The <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a> repealed the Act of Secession and in 1866 brought suit against West Virginia, asking the Supreme Court to declare the counties still part of Virginia. Congress, on March 10, 1866, passed a joint resolution recognizing the transfer. In 1871, the U.S. Supreme Court decided <i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_v._West_Virginia" title="Virginia v. West Virginia">Virginia v. West Virginia</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> upholding the "secession" of West Virginia, including Berkeley and Jefferson counties, from Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, West Virginia state delegate <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kump" title="Larry Kump">Larry Kump</a> sponsored legislation to allow Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties to rejoin Virginia by popular vote.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_subdivisions">County subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: County subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into <a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">civil townships</a>, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into <a href="/wiki/Minor_civil_division" title="Minor civil division">magisterial districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jefferson County was initially divided into five townships, which became magisterial districts in 1872: Averill, Bolivar, Chapline, Grant, and Shepherd. In 1873, Averill District was renamed "Middleway", Chapline became "Potomac", and Grant District became "Charlestown".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two additional districts, Harpers Ferry<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Osburn, were created during the 1870s. In the 1880s, Bolivar District was annexed by Harpers Ferry; Potomac and Shepherd were consolidated into Shepherdstown District, and Osburn was renamed "Kabletown".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rural_Free_Delivery">Rural Free Delivery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rural Free Delivery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1896, Jefferson County became the first county in the United States to begin <a href="/wiki/Rural_Free_Delivery" title="Rural Free Delivery">Rural Free Delivery</a> service in the towns of <a href="/wiki/Halltown,_West_Virginia" title="Halltown, West Virginia">Halltown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uvilla,_West_Virginia" title="Uvilla, West Virginia">Uvilla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-first_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output 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style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.208%;left:52.475%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.528%;left:55.446%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 212 square miles (550 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 210 square miles (540 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.0%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only West Virginia county where the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_River" title="Shenandoah River">Shenandoah River</a> can be found, as referenced in West Virginia's <a href="/wiki/State_song" class="mw-redirect" title="State song">state song</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Home,_Country_Roads" title="Take Me Home, Country Roads">Take Me Home, Country Roads</a>" by <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a>. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_elevation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by elevation">lowest point</a> in the state of West Virginia is located on the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> (just east of <a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a>) in Jefferson County, where it flows out of West Virginia and into <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry_National_Historical_Park" title="Harpers Ferry National Historical Park">Harpers Ferry National Historical Park</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers_and_streams">Rivers and streams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rivers and streams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opequon_Creek" title="Opequon Creek">Opequon Creek</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_River" title="Shenandoah River">Shenandoah River</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maryland" title="Washington County, Maryland">Washington County, Maryland</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun County, Virginia</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke County, Virginia</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley County</a> (northwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019-08-17_13_01_48_View_south_along_U.S._Route_340_%26_east_along_West_Virginia_Route_9_(Charles_Town_Bypass)_from_the_overpass_for_U.S._Route_340_%26_West_Virginia_Route_51_(Washington_Street-William_L._Wilson_Freeway)_in_Charles_Town,_West_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/2019-08-17_13_01_48_View_south_along_U.S._Route_340_%26_east_along_West_Virginia_Route_9_%28Charles_Town_Bypass%29_from_the_overpass_for_U.S._Route_340_%26_West_Virginia_Route_51_%28Washington_Street-William_L._Wilson_Freeway%29_in_Charles_Town%2C_West_Virginia.jpg/240px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/2019-08-17_13_01_48_View_south_along_U.S._Route_340_%26_east_along_West_Virginia_Route_9_%28Charles_Town_Bypass%29_from_the_overpass_for_U.S._Route_340_%26_West_Virginia_Route_51_%28Washington_Street-William_L._Wilson_Freeway%29_in_Charles_Town%2C_West_Virginia.jpg/360px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/2019-08-17_13_01_48_View_south_along_U.S._Route_340_%26_east_along_West_Virginia_Route_9_%28Charles_Town_Bypass%29_from_the_overpass_for_U.S._Route_340_%26_West_Virginia_Route_51_%28Washington_Street-William_L._Wilson_Freeway%29_in_Charles_Town%2C_West_Virginia.jpg/480px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_340" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 340">US 340</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_9" title="West Virginia Route 9">WV Route 9</a> run concurrently for a few miles in <a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/WV-9.svg/30px-WV-9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/WV-9.svg/40px-WV-9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_9" title="West Virginia Route 9">West Virginia Route 9</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WV-45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/WV-45.svg/20px-WV-45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/WV-45.svg/30px-WV-45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/WV-45.svg/40px-WV-45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_45" title="West Virginia Route 45">West Virginia Route 45</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WV-51.svg" 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/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_115" title="West Virginia Route 115">West Virginia Route 115</a> (Old West Virginia Route 9)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WV-230.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/WV-230.svg/25px-WV-230.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/WV-230.svg/38px-WV-230.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/WV-230.svg/50px-WV-230.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_230" title="West Virginia Route 230">West Virginia Route 230</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>11,851</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>13,087</td><td></td><td>10.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>12,927</td><td></td><td>−1.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>14,082</td><td></td><td>8.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>15,357</td><td></td><td>9.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>14,535</td><td></td><td>−5.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>13,219</td><td></td><td>−9.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>15,005</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>15,553</td><td></td><td>3.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>15,935</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>15,889</td><td></td><td>−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>15,729</td><td></td><td>−1.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>15,780</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>16,762</td><td></td><td>6.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>17,184</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>18,665</td><td></td><td>8.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>21,280</td><td></td><td>14.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>30,302</td><td></td><td>42.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>35,926</td><td></td><td>18.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>42,190</td><td></td><td>17.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>53,498</td><td></td><td>26.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>57,701</td><td></td><td>7.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2021 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">58,370</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2021_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2021-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010–2020<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 57,701 people and 21,162 households residing in the county. There were 23,762 housing units in Jefferson county. The racial makeup of the county was 81.2% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 6% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a>, 1.5% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 2.9% from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census#Race" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">other races</a>, and 8.2% from <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">two or more races</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics or Latinos</a> of any race were 7.2% of the population. </p><p>Of the 50,841 households, 53.6% were married couples living together, 21.7% had a female householder with no spouse present, 17.1% had a male householder with no spouse present. The average household and family size was 3.15. The median age in the county was 41 years with 22.1% of the population under 18. The median income for a household was $86,711 and the poverty rate was 9.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 U.S. census</a>, there were 53,498 people, 19,931 households, and 13,971 families residing in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population density was 255.2 inhabitants per square mile (98.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 22,037 housing units at an average density of 105.1 per square mile (40.6/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-census-density_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-density-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The racial makeup of the county was 87.6% white, 6.6% black or African American, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.8% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.7% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of ancestry, 25.9% were <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 17.3% were <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a>, 12.1% were <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, and 6.6% were <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 19,931 households, 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.9% were non-families, and 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.07. The median age was 38.9 years.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $65,603 and the median income for a family was $77,185. Males had a median income of $54,959 versus $36,782 for females. The per capita income for the county was $29,733. About 4.4% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp3_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp3-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement services in the county, and handles all 911 emergency and non emergency calls. In February 2007, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Corporal Ronald Fletcher was shot and critically wounded during a stand-off at the residence of the girlfriend of a suspect, Dorsey Cox. Cox had been at his girlfriend's house retrieving personal items in violation of a court-ordered protective order. As Corporal Fletcher approached the house, Cox fled inside and subsequently shot Corporal Fletcher four times, one of which struck the officer in the chest. The <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Police" title="West Virginia State Police">State Police's</a> <a href="/wiki/SWAT" title="SWAT">SWAT</a> team entered the house. Cox was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 5, 2012, Sheriff Robert Shirley was indicted on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of destruction, falsification or alteration of a record in a federal investigation. He is alleged to have beaten Mark Daniel Haines, who later pleaded guilty to bank robbery, during his arrest on December 27, 2010. He is also alleged to have altered a use of force report while the incident was under investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>. Shirley and 14 other "<a href="/wiki/John_Doe" title="John Doe">John Doe</a>" law enforcement officers were also the subject of a civil rights lawsuit filed by Haines.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit alleges that Shirley and the other officers used excessive force while arresting Haines. Shirley pled guilty to federal civil rights charges of and was sentenced to a year in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County has been a Republican-leaning county in the 21st century, although <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> carried it in the 2008 presidential election. The county is part of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>, making it less heavily Republican than most counties in West Virginia. </p><p>For much of the 20th century, the county trended strongly Democratic due to historical sympathies for Confederate Virginia. In contrast to its rock-ribbed <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Unionist</a> and Republican Eastern Panhandle sister <a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Morgan County, West Virginia">Morgan County</a>, Jefferson did not vote Republican until <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> won by 27 votes in 1956, and afterwards voted Republican only in the 1972 and 1984 landslides, and in 1988. </p><p>Despite its strong support for Republican presidential candidates in recent years, local Democrats still have success in Jefferson County. Even as recently as 2018, Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a> won the county in his successful reelection, despite the county being the home of his opponent, Patrick Morrisey. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Jefferson County, West Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,573 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.84%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,967 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">616 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,033 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,127 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.77% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">545 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2016 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,204 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.88%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,518 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,786 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,258 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.63%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,398 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">580 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,600 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.78% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,687 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">372 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2004 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,539 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,301 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.52% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">153 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,045 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,860 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">473 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1996 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,287 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,361 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.68%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,420 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,656 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,363 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,166 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1988 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,349 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,334 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.56% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1984 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,884 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.06%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,216 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,454 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,679 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">685 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,864 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.79% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,166 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.21%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,822 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,782 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.59% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,718 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.23% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,129 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,082 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,901 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,892 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>72.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,887 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,352 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,380 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,353 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,134 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.71% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,036 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.29%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,199 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,797 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,103 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,767 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,332 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.57% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,297 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,040 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,443 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>72.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,734 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,350 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.15%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1928 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,050 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.78% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,312 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1924 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,870 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.07% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,368 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">195 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,168 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.27% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,944 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1916 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,181 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.33% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,544 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">993 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,525 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.79%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">207 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.56% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranson,_West_Virginia" title="Ranson, West Virginia">Ranson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar,_West_Virginia" title="Bolivar, West Virginia">Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magisterial_districts">Magisterial districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Magisterial districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Charles Town</li> <li>Harpers Ferry</li> <li>Kabletown</li> <li>Middleway</li> <li>Shepherdstown</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middleway,_West_Virginia" title="Middleway, West Virginia">Middleway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannondale,_West_Virginia" title="Shannondale, West Virginia">Shannondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Junction,_West_Virginia" title="Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia">Shenandoah Junction</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakerton,_West_Virginia" title="Bakerton, West Virginia">Bakerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardane,_West_Virginia" title="Bardane, West Virginia">Bardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Blair, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomery,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Bloomery, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Bloomery</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Ridge_Acres,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Ridge Acres, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Blue Ridge Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Browns_Corner,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Browns Corner, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Browns Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duffields,_West_Virginia" title="Duffields, West Virginia">Duffields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt,_West_Virginia" title="Egypt, West Virginia">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engle,_West_Virginia" title="Engle, West Virginia">Engle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklintown,_West_Virginia" title="Franklintown, West Virginia">Franklintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halltown,_West_Virginia" title="Halltown, West Virginia">Halltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_West_Virginia" title="Jamestown, West Virginia">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnsontown,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Johnsontown, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Johnsontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabletown,_West_Virginia" title="Kabletown, West Virginia">Kabletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearneysville,_West_Virginia" title="Kearneysville, West Virginia">Kearneysville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keyes_Ferry_Acres,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keyes Ferry Acres, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Keyes Ferry Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leetown,_West_Virginia" title="Leetown, West Virginia">Leetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannings,_West_Virginia" title="Mannings, West Virginia">Mannings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicstown,_West_Virginia" title="Mechanicstown, West Virginia">Mechanicstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechlenberg_Heights,_West_Virginia" title="Mechlenberg Heights, West Virginia">Mechlenberg Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meyerstown,_West_Virginia" title="Meyerstown, West Virginia">Meyerstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millville,_West_Virginia" title="Millville, West Virginia">Millville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moler_Crossroads,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moler Crossroads, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Moler Crossroads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Mission,_West_Virginia" title="Mountain Mission, West Virginia">Mountain Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reedson,_West_Virginia" title="Reedson, West Virginia">Reedson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rippon,_West_Virginia" title="Rippon, West Virginia">Rippon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Riverside, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Grove,_West_Virginia" title="Silver Grove, West Virginia">Silver Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeetersville,_West_Virginia" title="Skeetersville, West Virginia">Skeetersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Point,_West_Virginia" title="Summit Point, West Virginia">Summit Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uvilla,_West_Virginia" title="Uvilla, West Virginia">Uvilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheatland,_West_Virginia" title="Wheatland, West Virginia">Wheatland</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_buildings_and_structures">Historic buildings and structures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Historic buildings and structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, West Virginia">National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, West Virginia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middleway,_West_Virginia" title="Middleway, West Virginia">Middleway Historic District</a> (1734)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_House_Farm_(Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia)" title="White House Farm (Jefferson County, West Virginia)">White House Farm</a> (1740)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_(Millville,_West_Virginia)" title="Hopewell (Millville, West Virginia)">Hopewell (Millville, West Virginia)</a> (1765)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harewood_(West_Virginia)" title="Harewood (West Virginia)">Harewood (West Virginia)</a> (1770)</li> <li>Mount Ellen (ca 1790)</li> <li>New Hopewell (1774), a farm comprising agricultural fields and historical buildings, located between <a href="/wiki/Johnsontown,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Johnsontown, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Johnsontown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leetown,_West_Virginia" title="Leetown, West Virginia">Leetown</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Retreat" title="Happy Retreat">Happy Retreat</a> (1780)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blakeley_(West_Virginia)" title="Blakeley (West Virginia)">Blakeley (West Virginia)</a> (1820)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claymont_Court" title="Claymont Court">Claymont Court</a> (1820)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Lawn" title="Cedar Lawn">Cedar Lawn</a> (1825)</li> <li>Barleywood Manor (1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacks-Manning_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacks-Manning Farm">Jacks-Manning Farm (Vinton Farm) (1848)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brown%27s_Fort" title="John Brown's Fort">John Brown's Fort</a> (1848)</li> <li>Grace Episcopal Church (1851)</li> <li>Kabletown Church (1861)</li> <li>Brown Shugart House (1885)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Ellen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Ellen"><img alt="Mount Ellen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Ellen.jpg/120px-Mount_Ellen.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Ellen.jpg/180px-Mount_Ellen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Ellen.jpg/240px-Mount_Ellen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mount Ellen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HappyRetreat_CharlesTownWV.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Happy Retreat"><img alt="Happy Retreat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/HappyRetreat_CharlesTownWV.jpg/120px-HappyRetreat_CharlesTownWV.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" 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/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Blakeley</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Claymont_court.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Claymont Court"><img alt="Claymont Court" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Claymont_court.jpg/120px-Claymont_court.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Claymont_court.jpg/180px-Claymont_court.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Claymont_court.jpg/240px-Claymont_court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Claymont Court</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grace_church_middleway3.JPG" 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County, West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Public_Schools_(West_Virginia)" title="Jefferson County Public Schools (West Virginia)">Jefferson County Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Sheriff%27s_Department_(West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson County Sheriff's Department (West Virginia)">Jefferson County Sheriff's Department</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><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 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 20,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Landmarks+Nomination+Report%3A+New+Hopewell&rft.pub=Jefferson+County+Historic+Landmark+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjeffersoncountyhlc.org%2Fcountylandmarks%2FNew%2520Hopewell%2520scan.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+County%2C+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Coletti, Matthew, "'The Fate Which Takes Us:' Benjamin F. Beall and Jefferson County, (West) Virginia in the Civil War Era" (U. Of Massachusetts MA Thesis 2014) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/319">online</a>, major local newspaper 1848–1870.</li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia&params=39.31_N_77.86_W_type:adm2nd_region:US-WV_source:UScensus1990"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°19′N</span> <span class="longitude">77°52′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.31°N 77.86°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.31; 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colspan="3" style="background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia"><span>Charles Town</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City_(West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (West Virginia)">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranson,_West_Virginia" title="Ranson, West Virginia">Ranson</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of West Virginia highlighting Jefferson County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/180px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/270px-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/360px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></span><figcaption>Map of West Virginia highlighting Jefferson County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town_(West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Town (West Virginia)">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar,_West_Virginia" title="Bolivar, West Virginia">Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginius_Island,_West_Virginia" title="Virginius Island, West Virginia">Virginius Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middleway,_West_Virginia" title="Middleway, West Virginia">Middleway</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Duffields,_West_Virginia" title="Duffields, West Virginia">Duffields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt,_West_Virginia" title="Egypt, West Virginia">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engle,_West_Virginia" title="Engle, West Virginia">Engle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklintown,_West_Virginia" title="Franklintown, West Virginia">Franklintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halltown,_West_Virginia" title="Halltown, West Virginia">Halltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_West_Virginia" title="Jamestown, West Virginia">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnsontown,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Johnsontown, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Johnsontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabletown,_West_Virginia" title="Kabletown, West Virginia">Kabletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearneysville,_West_Virginia" title="Kearneysville, West Virginia">Kearneysville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leetown,_West_Virginia" title="Leetown, West Virginia">Leetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannings,_West_Virginia" title="Mannings, West Virginia">Mannings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicstown,_West_Virginia" title="Mechanicstown, West Virginia">Mechanicstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechlenberg_Heights,_West_Virginia" title="Mechlenberg Heights, West Virginia">Mechlenberg Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meyerstown,_West_Virginia" title="Meyerstown, West Virginia">Meyerstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millville,_West_Virginia" title="Millville, West Virginia">Millville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Mission,_West_Virginia" title="Mountain Mission, West Virginia">Mountain Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reedson,_West_Virginia" title="Reedson, West Virginia">Reedson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rippon,_West_Virginia" title="Rippon, West Virginia">Rippon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Riverside, Jefferson County, West Virginia">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Grove,_West_Virginia" title="Silver Grove, West Virginia">Silver Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeetersville,_West_Virginia" title="Skeetersville, West Virginia">Skeetersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Point,_West_Virginia" title="Summit Point, West Virginia">Summit Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uvilla,_West_Virginia" title="Uvilla, West Virginia">Uvilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheatland,_West_Virginia" title="Wheatland, West Virginia">Wheatland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:West_Virginia_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:West Virginia (state)"><span>West Virginia portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Virginia">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" title="Grant County, West Virginia">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mineral County, West Virginia">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Morgan County, West Virginia">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_the_Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of communities in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia">Communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayard,_West_Virginia" title="Bayard, West Virginia">Bayard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_(Berkeley_Springs),_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia"><b>Berkeley Springs</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar,_West_Virginia" title="Bolivar, West Virginia">Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capon_Bridge,_West_Virginia" title="Capon Bridge, West Virginia">Capon Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpendale,_West_Virginia" title="Carpendale, West Virginia">Carpendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia"><b>Charles Town</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Garden,_West_Virginia" title="Elk Garden, West Virginia">Elk Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_West_Virginia" title="Franklin, West Virginia"><b>Franklin</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedgesville,_West_Virginia" title="Hedgesville, West Virginia">Hedgesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keyser,_West_Virginia" title="Keyser, West Virginia"><b>Keyser</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia"><b>Martinsburg</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorefield,_West_Virginia" title="Moorefield, West Virginia"><b>Moorefield</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paw_Paw,_West_Virginia" title="Paw Paw, West Virginia">Paw Paw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Petersburg, West Virginia"><b>Petersburg</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_West_Virginia" title="Piedmont, West Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgeley,_West_Virginia" title="Ridgeley, West Virginia">Ridgeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romney,_West_Virginia" title="Romney, West Virginia"><b>Romney</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardensville,_West_Virginia" title="Wardensville, West Virginia">Wardensville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F3D161;;width:1%">Attractions<br />and natural<br />features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail_Conservancy" title="Appalachian Trail Conservancy">Appalachian Trail Conservancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Springs_State_Park" title="Berkeley Springs State Park">Berkeley Springs State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cacapon_Resort_State_Park" title="Cacapon Resort State Park">Cacapon Resort State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cacapon_River" title="Cacapon River">Cacapon River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capon_Springs_Resort" title="Capon Springs Resort">Capon Springs & Farms Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champe_Rocks" title="Champe Rocks">Champe Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_National_Historical_Park" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park">Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ashby" title="Fort Ashby">Fort Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mill_Ridge_Civil_War_Trenches" title="Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches">Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_National_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington National Forest">George Washington National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_Valley" title="Germany Valley">Germany Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanging_Rocks" title="Hanging Rocks">Hanging Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry_Historic_District" title="Harpers Ferry Historic District">Harpers Ferry Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry_National_Historical_Park" title="Harpers Ferry National Historical Park">Harpers Ferry National Historical Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Casino_at_Charles_Town_Races" title="Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races">Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Mountain" title="Ice Mountain">Ice Mountain Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Mound_Cemetery" title="Indian Mound Cemetery">Indian Mound Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Rumsey_Monument" title="James Rumsey Monument">James Rumsey Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Rock" title="Jefferson Rock">Jefferson Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_Randolph_Lake" title="Jennings Randolph Lake">Jennings Randolph Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brown%27s_Fort" title="John Brown's Fort">John Brown's Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_River_(Cacapon_River_tributary)" title="Lost River (Cacapon River tributary)">Lost River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_River_State_Park" title="Lost River State Park">Lost River State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_National_Forest" title="Monongahela National Forest">Monongahela National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Morgan_Monument" title="Morgan Morgan Monument">Morgan Morgan Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Storm_Lake" title="Mount Storm Lake">Mount Storm Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch_Potomac_River" title="North Branch Potomac River">North Branch Potomac River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Turnpike" title="Northwestern Turnpike">Northwestern Turnpike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_Eagle_Scenic_Railroad" title="Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad">Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_State_College_of_West_Virginia_University" title="Potomac State College of West Virginia University">Potomac State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca_Caverns_(West_Virginia)" title="Seneca Caverns (West Virginia)">Seneca Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca_Rocks" title="Seneca Rocks">Seneca Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_River" title="Shenandoah River">Shenandoah River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_University" title="Shepherd University">Shepherd University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Creek_Lake" title="Sleepy Creek Lake">Sleepy Creek Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoke_Hole_Caverns" title="Smoke Hole Caverns">Smoke Hole Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Potomac_River" title="South Branch Potomac River">South Branch Potomac River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Knob" class="mw-redirect" title="Spruce Knob">Spruce Knob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storer_College" title="Storer College">Storer College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Point_Motorsports_Park" title="Summit Point Motorsports Park">Summit Point Motorsports Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Trough" title="The Trough">The Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trout_Pond" title="Trout Pond">Trout Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscarora_Trail" title="Tuscarora Trail">Tuscarora Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Heritage_Trail" title="Washington Heritage Trail">Washington Heritage Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_West_Virginia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F3D161;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:West_Virginia" title="Template:West Virginia"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:West_Virginia" title="Template talk:West Virginia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:West_Virginia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:West Virginia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="State_of_West_Virginia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F3D161;"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_West_Virginia%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of West Virginia–related articles">Topics</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/Outline_of_West_Virginia" title="Outline of West Virginia">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in West Virginia">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in West Virginia">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of villages in West Virginia">Villages</a></li> <li><a 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Virginia">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_West_Virginia" title="List of people from West Virginia">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Virginia_state_symbols" title="List of West Virginia state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_West_Virginia" title="Category:Tourist attractions in West Virginia">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_United_States" title="Society of the United States">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_West_Virginia" title="Abortion in West Virginia">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Virginia_culture" title="Category:West Virginia culture">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_West_Virginia" title="Climate change in West Virginia">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_West_Virginia" title="Crime in West Virginia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of West Virginia">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Virginia" title="Economy of West Virginia">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_West_Virginia" title="Education in West Virginia">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_West_Virginia" title="List of colleges and universities in West Virginia">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_West_Virginia" title="Gun laws in West Virginia">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in West Virginia">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_West_Virginia" title="Category:Mass media in West Virginia">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_West_Virginia" title="List of newspapers in West Virginia">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_West_Virginia" title="List of radio stations in West Virginia">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_West_Virginia" title="List of television stations in West Virginia">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%">Insignia</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/Coat_of_arms_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of West Virginia">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_West_Virginia" title="Flag of West Virginia">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montani_semper_liberi" class="mw-redirect" title="Montani semper liberi">Motto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_West_Virginia" title="Seal of West Virginia">Seal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#West_Virginia" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_metropolitan_area,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia">Charleston metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia">Eastern Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Huntington metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_West_Virginia" title="North Central West Virginia">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93New_Castle%E2%80%93Weirton_combined_statistical_area" title="Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area">Ohio Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Panhandle of West Virginia">Northern Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_Highlands" title="Potomac Highlands">Potomac Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" 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 area">Hagerstown–Martinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Huntington–Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgantown_metropolitan_area" title="Morgantown metropolitan area">Morgantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkersburg%E2%80%93Marietta%E2%80%93Vienna_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna metropolitan area">Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weirton%E2%80%93Steubenville_metropolitan_area" title="Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area">Weirton–Steubenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_metropolitan_area" title="Wheeling metropolitan area">Wheeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in West Virginia">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_West_Virginia" title="Clarksburg, West Virginia">Clarksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia">Parkersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weirton,_West_Virginia" title="Weirton, West Virginia">Weirton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia" title="List of counties in West Virginia">Counties</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/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" title="Barbour County, West Virginia">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_West_Virginia" title="Boone County, West Virginia">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Braxton County, West Virginia">Braxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_County,_West_Virginia" title="Brooke County, West Virginia">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_West_Virginia" title="Calhoun County, West Virginia">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_West_Virginia" title="Clay County, West Virginia">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doddridge_County,_West_Virginia" title="Doddridge County, West Virginia">Doddridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" title="Fayette County, West Virginia">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Gilmer County, West Virginia">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" title="Grant County, West Virginia">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jackson County, West Virginia">Jackson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lincoln County, West Virginia">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marshall County, West Virginia">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mason County, West Virginia">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_West_Virginia" title="McDowell County, West Virginia">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mercer County, West Virginia">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mineral County, West Virginia">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mingo_County,_West_Virginia" title="Mingo County, West Virginia">Mingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monongalia County, West Virginia">Monongalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_West_Virginia" title="Monroe County, West Virginia">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Morgan County, West Virginia">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Nicholas County, West Virginia">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ohio County, West Virginia">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasants_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pleasants County, West Virginia">Pleasants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_County,_West_Virginia" title="Preston County, West Virginia">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_West_Virginia" title="Putnam County, West Virginia">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia" title="Raleigh County, West Virginia">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ritchie County, West Virginia">Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roane_County,_West_Virginia" title="Roane County, West Virginia">Roane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summers_County,_West_Virginia" title="Summers County, West Virginia">Summers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_West_Virginia" title="Taylor County, West Virginia">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tucker County, West Virginia">Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_West_Virginia" title="Tyler County, West Virginia">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshur_County,_West_Virginia" title="Upshur County, West Virginia">Upshur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wayne County, West Virginia">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster_County,_West_Virginia" title="Webster County, West Virginia">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetzel_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wetzel County, West Virginia">Wetzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wirt_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wirt County, West Virginia">Wirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wyoming County, West Virginia">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F3D161;"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/32px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/48px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/64px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie,_Maryland" title="Bowie, Maryland">Bowie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reston,_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">District of Columbia</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/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties (and <br /> county equivalents)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvert_County,_Maryland" title="Calvert County, Maryland">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</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/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, City of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas, City of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas_Park,_Virginia" title="Manassas Park, Virginia">Manassas Park, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_County,_Virginia" title="Rappahannock County, Virginia">Rappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> itself</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other outlying areas</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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson County, West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore%E2%80%93Washington_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area">Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area</a> (CSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">The District of Columbia itself, and <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent city (Virginia)">Virginia's incorporated cities</a>, are <a href="/wiki/County-equivalent" class="mw-redirect" title="County-equivalent">county equivalents</a>. 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