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Barbour County is a county in north central West Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census , the population was 15,465. [ 5 ] The county seat is Philippi , [ 6 ] which was chartered in 1844.
Location of Barbour County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Old Barbour County Courthouse (1844-46) was on the same site as its successor. (Photo ca 1890.) The Barbour County Courthouse in Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA is a monumental public building constructed between 1903 and 1905 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It dominates the town center and is the county's chief symbol ...
Philippi ('FILL-uh-pea') is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. [5] The population was 2,929 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi , known as the "Philippi Races".
Barbour County was settled primarily by white people from eastern Virginia, beginning in the 1770s and '80s. It was part of the colony (later state) of Virginia until West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a separate state during the American Civil War. The families that later became known as "Chestnut Ridge people" began to arrive after ...
The Philippi Historic District (PHD) is national historic district located at Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA. It encompasses 113 contributing buildings and one contributing structure dating from the mid-19th century through early 20th century.
Pages in category "Barbour County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Auvil, Myrtle (1973), Covered Bridges of West Virginia Past & Present Maxwell, Hu (1899), The History of Barbour County, West Virginia; page 277, The Philippi Bridge Notes