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Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. [2] The county was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799. [3]
Cross Lanes is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburb of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,995. [2] An EF2 tornado struck and heavily damaged the north side of town on April 2, 2024. [5]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of West Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 233 law enforcement agencies employing 3,382 sworn police officers, about 186 for each 100,000 residents.
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]
County Location mi km Destinations Notes; Kanawha: Charleston–Dunbar line: WV 25: Tyler Mountain: WV 501 north to WV 622: Cross Lanes: WV 622 to I-64 – Institute, Sissonville: Putnam: Poca: WV 25 east to I-64: Red House: WV 34 north: South end of WV 34 overlap WV 34 south to US 35 – Winfield: North end of WV 34 overlap; to Winfield Toll ...
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]
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Davisville (also Clairville or Claysville) is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 620 feet (189 m). [1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26142. [2] The North Bend Rail Trail passes through the community. [3]