List
County |
FIPS code |
County Seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
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Barbour County | 001 | Philippi | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis and Randolph counties | Philip Pendleton Barbour U.S. Speaker of the House |
700416589000000000016,589 | 7002341000000000000341 sq mi (7002883000000000000883 km2) |
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Berkeley County | 003 | Martinsburg | 1772 | Frederick County (VA) | Norborne Berkeley Royal Governor of Virginia |
7005104169000000000104,169 | 7002321000000000000321 sq mi (7002831000000000000831 km2) |
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Boone County | 005 | Madison | 1847 | Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan counties | Daniel Boone American frontiersman |
700424629000000000024,629 | 7002503000000000000503 sq mi (70031303000000000001,303 km2) |
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Braxton County | 007 | Sutton | 1836 | Kanawha, Lewis, and Nicholas counties | Carter Braxton Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
700414523000000000014,523 | 7002514000000000000514 sq mi (70031331000000000001,331 km2) |
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Brooke County | 009 | Wellsburg | 1796 | Ohio County | Robert Brooke Governor of Virginia |
700424069000000000024,069 | 700189000000000000089 sq mi (7002231000000000000231 km2) |
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Cabell County | 011 | Huntington | 1809 | Kanawha County | William H. Cabell Governor of Virginia |
700496319000000000096,319 | 7002282000000000000282 sq mi (7002730000000000000730 km2) |
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Calhoun County | 013 | Grantsville | 1856 | Gilmer County | John C. Calhoun U.S. Vice President (1825–1832) |
70037627000000000007,627 | 7002281000000000000281 sq mi (7002728000000000000728 km2) |
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Clay County | 015 | Clay | 1858 | Braxton and Nicholas elk counties | Henry Clay U.S. Senator (KY) U.S. Speaker of the House |
70039386000000000009,386 | 7002342000000000000342 sq mi (7002886000000000000886 km2) |
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Doddridge County | 017 | West Union | 1845 | Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, and Taylor counties | Philip Doddridge U.S. Congressman (VA) |
70038202000000000008,202 | 7002320000000000000320 sq mi (7002829000000000000829 km2) |
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Fayette County | 019 | Fayetteville | 1831 | Kanawha, Greenbrier and Logan counties | Marquis de Lafayette French-born American Revolutionary War general |
700446039000000000046,039 | 7002664000000000000664 sq mi (70031720000000000001,720 km2) |
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Gilmer County | 021 | Glenville | 1845 | Kanawha and Lewis counties | Thomas Walker Gilmer U.S. Secretary of the Navy Governor of Virginia |
70038693000000000008,693 | 7002340000000000000340 sq mi (7002881000000000000881 km2) |
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Grant County | 023 | Petersburg | 1866 | Hardy County | Ulysses S. Grant U.S. President (1869–1877) |
700411937000000000011,937 | 7002477000000000000477 sq mi (70031235000000000001,235 km2) |
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Greenbrier County | 025 | Lewisburg | 1778 | Montgomery and Botetourt counties (VA) | Greenbrier River | 700435480000000000035,480 | 70031021000000000001,021 sq mi (70032644000000000002,644 km2) |
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Hampshire County | 027 | Romney | 1754 | Frederick County (VA) | County of Hampshire in England | 700423964000000000023,964 | 7002642000000000000642 sq mi (70031663000000000001,663 km2) |
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Hancock County | 029 | New Cumberland | 1848 | Brooke County | John Hancock Signer of the Declaration of Independence Governor of Massachusetts |
700430676000000000030,676 | 700183000000000000083 sq mi (7002215000000000000215 km2) |
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Hardy County | 031 | Moorefield | 1786 | Hampshire County | Samuel Hardy Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress |
700414025000000000014,025 | 7002583000000000000583 sq mi (70031510000000000001,510 km2) |
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Harrison County | 033 | Clarksburg | 1784 | Monongalia County | Benjamin Harrison V Governor of Virginia |
700469099000000000069,099 | 7002416000000000000416 sq mi (70031077000000000001,077 km2) |
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Jackson County | 035 | Ripley | 1831 | Kanawha, Mason, and Wood counties | Andrew Jackson U.S. President (1829–1837) |
700429211000000000029,211 | 7002466000000000000466 sq mi (70031207000000000001,207 km2) |
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Jefferson County | 037 | Charles Town | 1801 | Berkeley County | Thomas Jefferson U.S. President (1801–1809) |
700453498000000000053,498 | 7002210000000000000210 sq mi (7002544000000000000544 km2) |
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Kanawha County | 039 | Charleston | 1789 | Greenbrier County, Montgomery County (VA) | Kanawha River | 7005193063000000000193,063 | 7002903000000000000903 sq mi (70032339000000000002,339 km2) |
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Lewis County | 041 | Weston | 1816 | Harrison County | American Revolutionary War Charles Lewis first soldier killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant |
700416372000000000016,372 | 7002389000000000000389 sq mi (70031008000000000001,008 km2) |
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Lincoln County | 043 | Hamlin | 1867 | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha and Logan counties | Abraham Lincoln U.S. President (1861–1865) |
700421720000000000021,720 | 7002438000000000000438 sq mi (70031134000000000001,134 km2) |
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Logan County | 045 | Logan | 1824 | Cabell and Kanawha counties, Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) | Chief Logan Mingo leader |
700436743000000000036,743 | 7002454000000000000454 sq mi (70031176000000000001,176 km2) |
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Marion County | 049 | Fairmont | 1842 | Harrison and Monongalia counties | Francis Marion American Revolutionary War general |
700456418000000000056,418 | 7002310000000000000310 sq mi (7002803000000000000803 km2) |
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Marshall County | 051 | Moundsville | 1835 | Ohio County | John Marshall U.S. Secretary of State Chief Justice of the U.S. |
700433107000000000033,107 | 7002307000000000000307 sq mi (7002795000000000000795 km2) |
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Mason County | 053 | Point Pleasant | 1804 | Kanawha County | George Mason U.S. Constitutional Convention "Father of the Bill of Rights" |
700427324000000000027,324 | 7002432000000000000432 sq mi (70031119000000000001,119 km2) |
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McDowell County | 047 | Welch | 1858 | Tazewell County (VA) | James McDowell Governor of Virginia |
700422113000000000022,113 | 7002535000000000000535 sq mi (70031386000000000001,386 km2) |
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Mercer County | 055 | Princeton | 1837 | Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) | Hugh Mercer American Revolutionary War general |
700462264000000000062,264 | 7002420000000000000420 sq mi (70031088000000000001,088 km2) |
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Mineral County | 057 | Keyser | 1866 | Hampshire County | abundant mineral resources | 700428212000000000028,212 | 7002328000000000000328 sq mi (7002850000000000000850 km2) |
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Mingo County | 059 | Williamson | 1895 | Logan County | Mingo Native Americans | 700426839000000000026,839 | 7002423000000000000423 sq mi (70031096000000000001,096 km2) |
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Monongalia County | 061 | Morgantown | 1776 | Augusta County (VA) | Latin derivation for Monongahela River | 700496189000000000096,189 | 7002361000000000000361 sq mi (7002935000000000000935 km2) |
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Monroe County | 063 | Union | 1799 | Greenbrier County | James Monroe U.S. President (1817–1825) |
700413502000000000013,502 | 7002473000000000000473 sq mi (70031225000000000001,225 km2) |
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Morgan County | 065 | Berkeley Springs | 1820 | Berkeley and Hampshire counties | Daniel Morgan U.S. Congressman (VA) |
700417541000000000017,541 | 7002229000000000000229 sq mi (7002593000000000000593 km2) |
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Nicholas County | 067 | Summersville | 1818 | Greenbrier and Kanawaha counties | Wilson Cary Nicholas U.S. Senator (VA) Governor of Virginia |
700426233000000000026,233 | 7002649000000000000649 sq mi (70031681000000000001,681 km2) |
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Ohio County | 069 | Wheeling | 1776 | Augusta County (VA) | Ohio River | 700444443000000000044,443 | 7002106000000000000106 sq mi (7002275000000000000275 km2) |
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Pendleton County | 071 | Franklin | 1788 | Augusta County (VA) | Edmund Pendleton First Continental Congress |
70037695000000000007,695 | 7002698000000000000698 sq mi (70031808000000000001,808 km2) |
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Pleasants County | 073 | Saint Marys | 1851 | Ritchie, Tyler, and Wood counties | James Pleasants, Jr. U.S. Senator (VA) Governor of Virginia |
70037605000000000007,605 | 7002131000000000000131 sq mi (7002339000000000000339 km2) |
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Pocahontas County | 075 | Marlinton | 1821 | Bath County (VA), Pendleton and Randolph counties | Pocahontas Powhatan Native American who assisted early English settlers |
70038719000000000008,719 | 7002940000000000000940 sq mi (70032435000000000002,435 km2) |
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Preston County | 077 | Kingwood | 1818 | Monongalia County | James Patton Preston Governor of Virginia |
700433520000000000033,520 | 7002648000000000000648 sq mi (70031678000000000001,678 km2) |
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Putnam County | 079 | Winfield | 1848 | Cabell, Kanawha, and Mason counties | Israel Putnam American Revolutionary War general |
700455486000000000055,486 | 7002346000000000000346 sq mi (7002896000000000000896 km2) |
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Raleigh County | 081 | Beckley | 1850 | Fayette County | Sir Walter Raleigh English explorer and poet |
700478859000000000078,859 | 7002607000000000000607 sq mi (70031572000000000001,572 km2) |
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Randolph County | 083 | Elkins | 1787 | Harrison County | Edmund Jenings Randolph U.S. Attorney General Governor of Virginia |
700429405000000000029,405 | 70031040000000000001,040 sq mi (70032694000000000002,694 km2) |
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Ritchie County | 085 | Harrisville | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis, and Wood counties | Thomas Ritchie nationally influential Virginia newspaper publisher |
700410449000000000010,449 | 7002454000000000000454 sq mi (70031176000000000001,176 km2) |
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Roane County | 087 | Spencer | 1856 | Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and Wirt counties | Spencer Roane Virginia Supreme Court justice |
700414926000000000014,926 | 7002484000000000000484 sq mi (70031254000000000001,254 km2) |
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Summers County | 089 | Hinton | 1871 | Greenbrier County | George W. Summers U.S. Congressman (VA) Circuit Court judge |
700413927000000000013,927 | 7002361000000000000361 sq mi (7002935000000000000935 km2) |
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Taylor County | 091 | Grafton | 1844 | Barbour, Harrison, Marion, and Preston counties | John Taylor of Caroline U.S. Senator (VA) |
700416895000000000016,895 | 7002173000000000000173 sq mi (7002448000000000000448 km2) |
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Tucker County | 093 | Parsons | 1856 | Randolph County | Henry St. George Tucker U.S. Congressman (VA) Virginia Supreme Court |
70037141000000000007,141 | 7002419000000000000419 sq mi (70031085000000000001,085 km2) |
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Tyler County | 095 | Middlebourne | 1814 | Ohio County | John Tyler, Sr. Governor of VA |
70039208000000000009,208 | 7002258000000000000258 sq mi (7002668000000000000668 km2) |
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Upshur County | 097 | Buckhannon | 1851 | Barbour and Lewis counties | Abel Parker Upshur U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Secretary of State |
700424254000000000024,254 | 7002355000000000000355 sq mi (7002919000000000000919 km2) |
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Wayne County | 099 | Wayne | 1842 | Cabell County | "Mad" Anthony Wayne Revolutionary War general U.S. Congressman (GA) |
700442481000000000042,481 | 7002506000000000000506 sq mi (70031311000000000001,311 km2) |
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Webster County | 101 | Webster Springs | 1860 | Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph counties | Daniel Webster U.S. Senator (MA) U.S. Secretary of State |
70039154000000000009,154 | 7002556000000000000556 sq mi (70031440000000000001,440 km2) |
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Wetzel County | 103 | New Martinsville | 1846 | Tyler County | Lewis Wetzel noted frontiersman |
700416583000000000016,583 | 7002359000000000000359 sq mi (7002930000000000000930 km2) |
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Wirt County | 105 | Elizabeth | 1848 | Jackson and Wirt counties | William Wirt U.S. Attorney General |
70035717000000000005,717 | 7002233000000000000233 sq mi (7002603000000000000603 km2) |
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Wood County | 107 | Parkersburg | 1798 | Harrison County | James Wood, Governor of Virginia |
700486956000000000086,956 | 7002367000000000000367 sq mi (7002951000000000000951 km2) |
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Wyoming County | 109 | Pineville | 1850 | Logan County | derived from Native American term for "wide plain" | 700423796000000000023,796 | 7002501000000000000501 sq mi (70031298000000000001,298 km2) |
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