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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]
2023 Rank City Type 2023 Estimate [1] 2020 Census Change County 1: Charleston †† City 46,838 48,864 −4.15%: Kanawha: 2: Huntington † City 45,325 46,842
Webster County was formed from parts of Nicholas, Braxton, and Randolph counties in Virginia through the approval of an act of the Virginia General Assembly during its 1859-1860 session. Movement toward the formation of this county began in 1851. [4] [5] Webster became part of West Virginia on June 20, 1863.
Mason, also known as Mason City, [5] is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 865 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Point Pleasant , WV– OH Micropolitan Statistical Area .
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Keystone is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 176. [5] Keystone is one of the few municipalities in West Virginia with an African-American majority, with 65 percent of the residents being black.
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Ohio County; Marshall County; Most West Virginians also include Wetzel County, and sometimes Tyler County, directly to the south of Marshall County, as a part of the northern panhandle, although they do not lie strictly within the northern extension. [2] Prior to the 2020 redistricting, they formed the core of West Virginia's 1st congressional ...