Notable Natives
- Stephen Ailes, 8th United States Secretary of the Army
- William Armstrong, United States Representative
- John Rinehart Blue, West Virginia House Delegate
- Edna Brady Cornwell, First Lady of West Virginia
- John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West Virginia
- William Henry Foote, Presbyterian clergyman and historian
- Charles S. Lawrence, Institute of Food Technologists Executive Vice President
- Thomas Bryan Martin, burgess, jurist, and the county's first judge
- Marshall McDonald, United States Fish Commissioner
- Jerry Mezzatesta, West Virginia House Delegate
- Ann Pancake, author
- Catherine Pancake, filmmaker
- Sam Pancake, actor
- Lee Hawse Patteson, First Lady of West Virginia
- Randall Terry, pro-life activist
- Robert White, Attorney General of West Virginia
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