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West Virginia Counties: History Index

West Virginia's early history from 1609 until 1863 is largely shared with Virginia, of which it was a part until Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861. Then the delegates of 40 western counties formed their own government, which was granted statehood in 1863.

	County	Home Page	Date	From	County Seat	2000 Census	Square Miles
1	Barbour		1843	Harrison, Lewis, Randolph	Philippi	15,557	341
2	Berkeley	HP	1772	Frederick	Martinsburg	75,905	321
3	Boone		1847	Cabell, Kanawha, Logan	Madison	25,535	503
4	Braxton		1836	Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas	Sutton	14,702	514
5	Brooke		1797	Ohio	Wellsburg	25,447	89
6	Cabell		1809	Kanawha	Huntington	96,784	282
7	Calhoun		1856	Gilmer	Grantsville	7,582	281
8	Clay		1858	Braxton, Nicholas	Clay	10,330	342
9	Doddridge		1845	Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler	West Union	7,403	320
10	Fayette		1831	Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas	Fayetteville	47,579	664
11	Gilmer		1845	Kanawha, Lewis	Glenville	7,160	340
12	Grant		1866	Hardy	Petersburg	11,299	477
13	Greenbrier		1778	Botetourt, Montgomery	Lewisburg	34,453	1,021
14	Hampshire		1754	Augusta, Frederick	Romney	20,203	642
15	Hancock		1848	Brooke	New Cumberland	32,667	83
16	Hardy		1786	Hampshire	Moorefield	12,669	583
17	Harrison		1784	Monongalia	Clarksburg	68,652	416
18	Jackson		1831	Kanawha, Mason, Wood	Ripley	28,000	466
19	Jefferson	HP	1801	Berkeley	Charles Town	42,190	210
20	Kanawha	HP	1788	Greenbrier, Montgomer	Charleston	200,073	903
21	Lewis		1816	Harrison	Weston	16,919	389
22	Lincoln	HP	1867	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam	Hamlin	22,108	438
23	Logan		1824	Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, Tazewell	Logan	37,710	454
24	Marion		1842	Harrison, Monongalia	Fairmont	56,598	310
25	Marshall	HP	1835	Ohio	Moundsville	35,519	307
26	Mason		1804	Kanawha	Point Pleasant	25,957	432
27	McDowell		1837	Giles, Tazewell	Welch	27,329	535
28	Mercer		1866	Hampshire	Princeton	62,980	420
29	Mineral		1895	Logan	Keyser	27,078	328
30	Mingo		1776	West Augusta District	Williamson	28,253	423
31	Monongalia	HP	1799	Greenbrier	Morgantown	81,866	361
32	Monroe		1820	Berkeley, Hampshire	Union	14,583	473
33	Morgan		1858	Tazewell	Berkeley Springs	14,943	229
34	Nicholas		1818	Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph	Summersville	26,562	649
35	Ohio		1776	West Augusta District	Wheeling	47,427	106
36	Pendleton		1788	August, Hardy, Rockingham	Franklin	8,196	698
37	Pleasants		1851	Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	St. Marys	7,514	131
38	Pocahontas	HP	1821	Bath, Pendleton, Randolph	Marlinton	9,131	940
39	Preston		1818	Monongalia	Kingwood	29,334	648
40	Putnam		1848	Cabell, Kanawha, Mason	Winfield	51,589	346
41	Raleigh		1850	Fayette	Beckley	79,220	607
42	Randolph		1787	Harrison	Elkins	28,262	1,040
43	Ritchie		1843	Harrison, Lewis, Wood	Harrisville	10,343	454
44	Roane		1856	Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha	Spencer	15,446	484
45	Summers		1871	Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe	Hinton	12,999	361
46	Taylor		1844	Barbour, Harrison, Marion	Grafton	16,089	173
47	Tucker		1856	Randolph	Parsons	7,321	419
48	Tyler		1814	Ohio	Middlebourne	9,592	258
49	Upshur		1851	Barbour, Lewis, Randolph	Buckhannon	23,404	355
50	Wayne		1842	Cabell	Wayne	42,903	506
51	Webster		1860	Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph	Webster Springs	9,719	556
52	Wetzel		1846	Tyler	New Martinsville	17,693	359
53	Wirt		1848	Jackson, Wood	Elizabeth	5,873	233
54	Wood		1798	Harrison	Parkersburg	87,986	367
55	Wyoming		1850	Logan	Pineville	25,708	501

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