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Philippi ('FILL-uh-pea') is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. [5] The population was 2,929 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi , known as the "Philippi Races".
The Drain-Jordan Library Archives and Special Collection houses materials on the history of WVSU, alumni and employees. The archive also collects information pertaining to African-Americans in West Virginia, African-American higher education, West Virginia and Appalachian region history. [24] Kanawha County Public Library: Public Library ...
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
The Barbour Democrat is a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in Philippi, West Virginia. [2] It is the only newspaper published in Barbour County and has a paid circulation of 5,300, accounting for 31% of the county's population. [3] It is a member of the West Virginia Press Association.
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. [1] West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006. [2]
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.
The South's Last Boys in Gray. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0-87972-358-3. pp. 463–516. Marvel, William (1991). The Great Impostors. Blue and Gray Magazine, Vol VIII, Issue 3. pp. 32–33. Marvel, William. Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox Archived 2018-02-05 at the Wayback ...
The State Journal was founded as a statewide business newspaper in 1984. It was created by brothers Robert C. and Henry E. Payne, III, and lawyer Fred F. Holroyd. The newspaper was sold to Lorenelle White in 1997. [1] West Virginia Media Holdings acquired the newspaper from the White family in November 2001. The company would go on to sell the ...