County
|
FIPS Code
[1] |
County seat
[2] |
Established
[2] |
Origin
|
Etymolgy
|
Population
[2] |
Area
[2] |
Map
|
| Barbour County |
001 |
Philippi |
1843 |
Harrison, Lewis and Randolph counties |
Philip Pendleton Barbour
U.S. Speaker of the House |
&0000000000015557.00000015,557 |
&0000000000000341.000000341 sq mi
(&0000000000000883.000000883 km²) |
 |
| Berkeley County |
003 |
Martinsburg |
1772 |
Frederick County (VA) |
Norborne Berkeley
Royal Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000075905.00000075,905 |
&0000000000000321.000000321 sq mi
(&0000000000000831.000000831 km²) |
 |
| Boone County |
005 |
Madison |
1847 |
Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan counties |
Daniel Boone
American frontiersman |
&0000000000025535.00000025,535 |
&0000000000000503.000000503 sq mi
(&0000000000001303.0000001,303 km²) |
 |
| Braxton County |
007 |
Sutton |
1836 |
Kanawha, Lewis, and Nicholas counties |
Carter Braxton
Continental Congress |
&0000000000014702.00000014,702 |
&0000000000000514.000000514 sq mi
(&0000000000001331.0000001,331 km²) |
 |
| Brooke County |
009 |
Wellsburg |
1796 |
Ohio County |
Robert Brooke
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000025447.00000025,447 |
&0000000000000089.00000089 sq mi
(&0000000000000231.000000231 km²) |
 |
| Cabell County |
011 |
Huntington |
1809 |
Kanawha County |
William H. Cabell
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000096784.00000096,784 |
&0000000000000282.000000282 sq mi
(&0000000000000730.000000730 km²) |
 |
| Calhoun County |
013 |
Grantsville |
1856 |
Gilmer |
John C. Calhoun
U.S. Vice President
(1825-1832) |
&0000000000007582.0000007,582 |
&0000000000000281.000000281 sq mi
(&0000000000000728.000000728 km²) |
 |
| Clay County |
015 |
Clay |
1858 |
Braxton and Nicholas counties |
Henry Clay
U.S. Senator (KY)
U.S. Speaker of the House |
&0000000000010330.00000010,330 |
&0000000000000342.000000342 sq mi
(&0000000000000886.000000886 km²) |
 |
| Doddridge County |
017 |
West Union |
1845 |
Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, and Taylor counties |
Philip Doddridge
U.S. Congressman (VA) |
&0000000000007403.0000007,403 |
&0000000000000320.000000320 sq mi
(&0000000000000829.000000829 km²) |
 |
| Fayette County |
019 |
Fayetteville |
1831 |
Kanawha, Greenbrier and Logan counties |
Marquis de Lafayette
American Revolutionary War |
&0000000000047579.00000047,579 |
&0000000000000664.000000664 sq mi
(&0000000000001720.0000001,720 km²) |
 |
| Gilmer County |
021 |
Glenville |
1845 |
Kanawha and Lewis counties |
Thomas Walker Gilmer
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000007160.0000007,160 |
&0000000000000340.000000340 sq mi
(&0000000000000881.000000881 km²) |
 |
| Grant County |
023 |
Petersburg |
1866 |
Hardy County |
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. President
(1869-1877) |
&0000000000011299.00000011,299 |
&0000000000000477.000000477 sq mi
(&0000000000001235.0000001,235 km²) |
 |
| Greenbrier County |
025 |
Lewisburg |
1778 |
Montgomery and Botetourt counties (VA) |
Greenbrier River |
&0000000000034453.00000034,453 |
&0000000000001021.0000001,021 sq mi
(&0000000000002644.0000002,644 km²) |
 |
| Hampshire County |
027 |
Romney |
1754 |
Frederick County (VA) |
County of Hampshire in England |
&0000000000020203.00000020,203 |
&0000000000000642.000000642 sq mi
(&0000000000001663.0000001,663 km²) |
 |
| Hancock County |
029 |
New Cumberland |
1848 |
Brooke County |
John Hancock
Continental Congress
Governor of Massachusetts |
&0000000000032667.00000032,667 |
&0000000000000083.00000083 sq mi
(&0000000000000215.000000215 km²) |
 |
| Hardy County |
031 |
Moorefield |
1786 |
Hampshire County |
Samuel Hardy
Continental Congress |
&0000000000012669.00000012,669 |
&0000000000000583.000000583 sq mi
(&0000000000001510.0000001,510 km²) |
 |
| Harrison County |
033 |
Clarksburg |
1784 |
Monongalia County |
Benjamin Harrison V
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000068652.00000068,652 |
&0000000000000416.000000416 sq mi
(&0000000000001077.0000001,077 km²) |
 |
| Jackson County |
035 |
Ripley |
1831 |
Kanawha, Mason, and Wood counties |
Andrew Jackson
U.S. President
(1829-1837) |
&0000000000028000.00000028,000 |
&0000000000000466.000000466 sq mi
(&0000000000001207.0000001,207 km²) |
 |
| Jefferson County |
037 |
Charles Town |
1801 |
Berkeley County |
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. President
(1801-1809) |
&0000000000042190.00000042,190 |
&0000000000000210.000000210 sq mi
(&0000000000000544.000000544 km²) |
 |
| Kanawha County |
039 |
Charleston |
1789 |
Greenbrier County, Montgomery County (VA) |
Kanawha River |
&0000000000200073.000000200,073 |
&0000000000000903.000000903 sq mi
(&0000000000002339.0000002,339 km²) |
 |
| Lewis County |
041 |
Weston |
1816 |
Harrison County |
Charles Lewis
American Revolutionary War |
&0000000000016919.00000016,919 |
&0000000000000389.000000389 sq mi
(&0000000000001008.0000001,008 km²) |
 |
| Lincoln County |
043 |
Hamlin |
1867 |
Boone, Cabell, Kanawha and Logan counties |
Abraham Lincoln
U.S. President
(1861-1865) |
&0000000000022108.00000022,108 |
&0000000000000438.000000438 sq mi
(&0000000000001134.0000001,134 km²) |
 |
| Logan County |
045 |
Logan |
1824 |
Cabell and Kanawha counties, Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) |
Chief Logan
Mingo leader |
&0000000000037710.00000037,710 |
&0000000000000454.000000454 sq mi
(&0000000000001176.0000001,176 km²) |
 |
| Marion County |
047 |
Fairmont |
1842 |
Harrison and Monongalia counties |
Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
American Revolutionary War |
&0000000000056598.00000056,598 |
&0000000000000310.000000310 sq mi
(&0000000000000803.000000803 km²) |
 |
| Marshall County |
049 |
Moundsville |
1835 |
Ohio County |
John Marshall
U.S. Secretary of State
Chief Justice of the U.S. |
&0000000000035519.00000035,519 |
&0000000000000307.000000307 sq mi
(&0000000000000795.000000795 km²) |
 |
| Mason County |
051 |
Point Pleasant |
1804 |
Kanawha County |
George Mason
U.S. Constitutional Convention |
&0000000000025957.00000025,957 |
&0000000000000432.000000432 sq mi
(&0000000000001119.0000001,119 km²) |
 |
| McDowell County |
053 |
Welch |
1858 |
Tazewell County (VA) |
James McDowell
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000027329.00000027,329 |
&0000000000000535.000000535 sq mi
(&0000000000001386.0000001,386 km²) |
 |
| Mercer County |
055 |
Princeton |
1837 |
Giles and Tazewell counties (VA) |
Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War |
&0000000000062980.00000062,980 |
&0000000000000420.000000420 sq mi
(&0000000000001088.0000001,088 km²) |
 |
| Mineral County |
057 |
Keyser |
1866 |
Hampshire County |
mineral resources |
&0000000000027078.00000027,078 |
&0000000000000328.000000328 sq mi
(&0000000000000850.000000850 km²) |
 |
| Mingo County |
059 |
Williamson |
1895 |
Logan County |
Mingo Native Americans |
&0000000000028253.00000028,253 |
&0000000000000423.000000423 sq mi
(&0000000000001096.0000001,096 km²) |
 |
| Monongalia County |
061 |
Morgantown |
1776 |
Augusta County (VA) |
Latin derivation for Monongahela River |
&0000000000081866.00000081,866 |
&0000000000000361.000000361 sq mi
(&0000000000000935.000000935 km²) |
 |
| Monroe County |
063 |
Union |
1799 |
Greenbrier County |
James Monroe
U.S. President
(1817-1825) |
&0000000000014583.00000014,583 |
&0000000000000473.000000473 sq mi
(&0000000000001225.0000001,225 km²) |
 |
| Morgan County |
065 |
Berkeley Springs |
1820 |
Berkeley and Hampshire counties |
Daniel Morgan
U.S. Congressman (VA) |
&0000000000014943.00000014,943 |
&0000000000000229.000000229 sq mi
(&0000000000000593.000000593 km²) |
 |
| Nicholas County |
067 |
Summersville |
1818 |
Greenbrier and Kanawaha counties |
Wilson Cary Nicholas
U.S. Senator (VA)
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000026562.00000026,562 |
&0000000000000649.000000649 sq mi
(&0000000000001681.0000001,681 km²) |
 |
| Ohio County |
069 |
Wheeling |
1776 |
Augusta County (VA) |
Ohio River |
&0000000000047427.00000047,427 |
&0000000000000106.000000106 sq mi
(&0000000000000275.000000275 km²) |
 |
| Pendleton County |
071 |
Franklin |
1788 |
Augusta County (VA) |
Edmund Pendleton
First Continental Congress |
&0000000000008196.0000008,196 |
&0000000000000698.000000698 sq mi
(&0000000000001808.0000001,808 km²) |
 |
| Pleasants County |
073 |
Saint Marys |
1851 |
Ritchie, Tyler, and Wood counties |
James Pleasants, Jr.
U.S. Senator (VA)
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000007514.0000007,514 |
&0000000000000131.000000131 sq mi
(&0000000000000339.000000339 km²) |
 |
| Pocahontas County |
075 |
Marlinton |
1821 |
Bath County (VA), Pendleton and Randolph counties |
Pocahontas of the Powhatan Native Americans |
&0000000000009131.0000009,131 |
&0000000000000940.000000940 sq mi
(&0000000000002435.0000002,435 km²) |
 |
| Preston County |
077 |
Kingwood |
1818 |
Monongalia County |
James Patton Preston
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000029334.00000029,334 |
&0000000000000648.000000648 sq mi
(&0000000000001678.0000001,678 km²) |
 |
| Putnam County |
079 |
Winfield |
1848 |
Cabell, Kanawha, and Mason counties |
Gen. Israel Putnam
American Revolutionary War |
&0000000000051589.00000051,589 |
&0000000000000346.000000346 sq mi
(&0000000000000896.000000896 km²) |
 |
| Raleigh County |
081 |
Beckley |
1850 |
Fayette County |
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer and poet |
&0000000000079220.00000079,220 |
&0000000000000607.000000607 sq mi
(&0000000000001572.0000001,572 km²) |
 |
| Randolph County |
083 |
Elkins |
1787 |
Harrison County |
Edmund Jenings Randolph
U.S. Attorney General
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000028262.00000028,262 |
&0000000000001040.0000001,040 sq mi
(&0000000000002694.0000002,694 km²) |
 |
| Ritchie County |
085 |
Harrisville |
1843 |
Harrison, Lewis, and Wood counties |
Thomas Ritchie
Virginia political figure |
&0000000000010343.00000010,343 |
&0000000000000454.000000454 sq mi
(&0000000000001176.0000001,176 km²) |
 |
| Roane County |
087 |
Spencer |
1856 |
Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and Wirt counties |
Spencer Roane
Virginia Supreme Court |
&0000000000015446.00000015,446 |
&0000000000000484.000000484 sq mi
(&0000000000001254.0000001,254 km²) |
 |
| Summers County |
089 |
Hinton |
1871 |
Greenbrier County |
George W. Summers
U.S. Congressman (VA)
Circuit Court judge |
&0000000000012999.00000012,999 |
&0000000000000361.000000361 sq mi
(&0000000000000935.000000935 km²) |
 |
| Taylor County |
091 |
Grafton |
1844 |
Barbour, Harrison, Marion, and Preston counties |
John Taylor of Caroline
U.S. Senator (VA) |
&0000000000016089.00000016,089 |
&0000000000000173.000000173 sq mi
(&0000000000000448.000000448 km²) |
 |
| Tucker County |
093 |
Parsons |
1856 |
Randolph County |
Henry St. George Tucker
U.S. Congressman (VA)
Virginia Supreme Court |
&0000000000007321.0000007,321 |
&0000000000000419.000000419 sq mi
(&0000000000001085.0000001,085 km²) |
 |
| Tyler County |
095 |
Middlebourne |
1814 |
Ohio County |
John Tyler
U.S. President
(1841-1845) |
&0000000000009592.0000009,592 |
&0000000000000258.000000258 sq mi
(&0000000000000668.000000668 km²) |
 |
| Upshur County |
097 |
Buckhannon |
1851 |
Barbour and Lewis counties |
Abel Parker Upshur
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
U.S. Secretary of State |
&0000000000023404.00000023,404 |
&0000000000000355.000000355 sq mi
(&0000000000000919.000000919 km²) |
 |
| Wayne County |
099 |
Wayne |
1842 |
Cabell County |
Gen."Mad" Anthony Wayne
Revolutionary War
U.S. Congressman (GA) |
&0000000000042903.00000042,903 |
&0000000000000506.000000506 sq mi
(&0000000000001311.0000001,311 km²) |
 |
| Webster County |
101 |
Webster Springs |
1860 |
Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph counties |
Daniel Webster
U.S. Senator (NH)
U.S. Secretary of State |
&0000000000009719.0000009,719 |
&0000000000000556.000000556 sq mi
(&0000000000001440.0000001,440 km²) |
 |
| Wetzel County |
103 |
New Martinsville |
1846 |
Tyler County |
Lewis Wetzel
noted frontiersman |
&0000000000017693.00000017,693 |
&0000000000000359.000000359 sq mi
(&0000000000000930.000000930 km²) |
 |
| Wirt County |
105 |
Elizabeth |
1848 |
Jackson and Wirt counties |
William Wirt
U.S. Attorney General |
&0000000000005873.0000005,873 |
&0000000000000233.000000233 sq mi
(&0000000000000603.000000603 km²) |
 |
| Wood County |
107 |
Parkersburg |
1798 |
Harrison County |
James Wood,
Governor of Virginia |
&0000000000087986.00000087,986 |
&0000000000000367.000000367 sq mi
(&0000000000000951.000000951 km²) |
 |
| Wyoming County |
109 |
Pineville |
1850 |
Logan County |
derived from Native American term for wide plain |
&0000000000025708.00000025,708 |
&0000000000000501.000000501 sq mi
(&0000000000001298.0000001,298 km²) |
 |
