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Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13] The oldest county is Hampshire, established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895. [1] Spruce Knob, located in Pendleton County, is the ...
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 ]
Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,033. [1] Its county seat is Weston. [2] The county was formed in 1816 from Harrison County [3] and named for Col. Charles Lewis (1733–1774), a Virginian killed in the Battle of Point Pleasant.
United States. West Virginia. (2020) Tucker County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,762, [ 3 ] making it West Virginia's fourth-least populous county. Its county seat is Parsons. [ 4 ] The county was created in 1856 from a part of Randolph County, then part of Virginia. In 1871, a small ...
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,063. [1] Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. [2] The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the American Revolutionary War. [3]
Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,463. [1] Its county seat is Hamlin. [2] The county was created in 1867 and named for Abraham Lincoln. [3] Lincoln County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Calhoun County, West Virginia. 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]
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,376. [2] Its county seat is Union. [3] Monroe County was the home of Andrew Summers Rowan of Spanish–American War fame, who is immortalized in Elbert Hubbard's classic A Message to Garcia.