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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]
1875 - Peter Cline Buffington, first mayor of Huntington, West Virginia; 1886 - Charles B. Hoard, former United States House of Representatives; 1900 - Eustace Gibson, former Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates; 1905 - Delos W. Emmons, co-founder of Huntington, West Virginia; 1930 - James A. Hughes, former United States House of ...
Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census , Springfield had a population of 477. [ 3 ] Springfield is located north of Romney along West Virginia Route 28 at its junction with Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) and Springfield Pike (West ...
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.
Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. [1] Its county seat is Wellsburg. [2] The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County [3] and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. [4]
Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census , the population was 59,664. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Princeton . [ 2 ]
Wyoming County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,382. [1] Its county seat is Pineville. [2] The county was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Lenape word meaning "large plains". [3]
Blues Beach is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Blues Beach is a predominantly river camp community located south of Springfield and north of Wappocomo on West Virginia Route 28 along the South Branch Potomac River. Blues Beach is also the location of the John Blue Bridge, commonly referred to ...