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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]
Westmoreland is a primarily residential neighborhood located in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. While most of Huntington is in Cabell County, Westmoreland is the small portion of Huntington that lies in Wayne County. Westmoreland is the westernmost neighborhood in Huntington and is situated along the Ohio River.
When Fort Cumberland was all but abandoned in 1763, the Ohio Company reclaimed the land and put it up for sale. Eventually, the land was conveyed to James McCubbin Lingan in 1785, then to Captain George Calmes in 1803. Calmes built a mansion on the property. The land and home passed down through George Calmes' family through most of the 1800s.
Monongalia County, known locally as Mon County, is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,822, [1] making it West Virginia's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Morgantown. [2] The county was founded in 1776. [3]
It is immediately south of the larger city and county seat of Fairmont, West Virginia. The city is also adjacent to the Tygart Valley River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.41 square miles (8.83 km 2), of which 3.23 square miles (8.37 km 2) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km 2) is water. [8]
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,229, [1] making it the third-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Grantsville. [2] The county was founded in 1856 and named for South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun. [3] [4]
West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains of the Upper South region of the 48 contiguous states. Usually considered part of the South Eastern United States, West Virginia is bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the southeast by Virginia, on the northwest by Ohio, and on the southwest by Kentucky.
Many former Virginians from the Clinch River Valley in southwest Virginia settled in the area by 1877, so the Bruen Lands Feud (also known as the Roane County Land Wars, which began with the death of a War of 1812 veteran circa 1845, leaving heirs in New York State, and was the subject of the 1864 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Harvey v.