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List of counties in West Virginia. 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 ...
Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted. 2022 Rank City Type 2022 Estimate [1] 2020 Census Change County 1: Charleston †† City 47,129 48,864 −3.55%:
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. [ note 2] It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the ...
e. Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 57,440. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Winfield , its largest incorporated city is Hurricane , and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley . [ 2 ]
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. [ 1] Its county seat is Madison. [ 2] Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and ...
1st. Website. raleighcounty .org. Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. [ 1] Its county seat is Beckley. [ 2] The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [ 3] Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area .
1st. Website. masoncountywv .gov. Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. [2] The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, [3] delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.