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In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts. [5] Pleasants County was divided into six districts: Grant, Jefferson, Lafayette, McKim, Union, and ...
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
St. Marys is a city in and the county seat of Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 1,847 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Schultz is an unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after Christian Schultz, a pioneer settler. [2]
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
Buildings and structures in Pleasants County, West Virginia (2 C, 3 P) G. Geography of Pleasants County, West Virginia (3 C) P.
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