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Wirt County was created from parts of Jackson and Wood counties on January 19, 1848. The county was named after William Wirt (1772–1834). [4] The first European pioneer was William Beauchamp (1743–1808), a veteran of the Continental Navy and a Methodist minister. Beauchamp arrived in 1796 with a claim to 1400 acres on the Little Kanawha River.
Location of Wirt County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wirt County, West Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States.
The Wirt County Journal is a newspaper serving Elizabeth, West Virginia, and surrounding Wirt County. [2] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 2,094 and is owned by Little Kanawha Publishing Inc. [ 3 ]
The site of Elizabeth was first settled by William Beauchamp (1743-1808) in 1796 when it was still part of the original, vast Harrison County, Virginia.It was known as "Beauchamp's Mills" until 1817 when it was renamed for Elizabeth (Woodyard) Beauchamp (1780-1838), the wife of William's son David Beauchamp (1776-1828).
Harrison County Publishing Co Spirit of Jefferson and Farmer's Advocate: Charles Town: 1844 Nondaily St. Marys Oracle: St. Marys: Nondaily State Journal: Charleston: 1984 Nondaily NCWV Media Sunday News-Register: Wheeling: Daily Times West Virginian: Fairmont: Daily CNHI [4] Major newspaper Tyler Star News: Sistersville: Nondaily Ogden ...
Museums in Wirt County, West Virginia (1 P) P. Protected areas of Wirt County, West Virginia (1 P)
In 1861, 10,000 people moved to the area, and the boom town grew to more than a mile long. Burning Springs was then larger than Elizabeth, the Wirt County seat, as well as Parkersburg, where the barrels transported down the Little Kanawha River were transferred to larger boats on the Ohio River or to railroad cars. [4]
Wirt County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War (1 P) B. Buildings and structures in Wirt County, West Virginia (4 C, 3 P) E. Education in Wirt County, West ...