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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 Tucker County Courthouse and Jail in Parsons, West Virginia was built between 1898 and 1900 in a combination of Flemish Renaissance and Romanesque Revival styles. The red pressed-brick structure is flanked by a "jail and jailer's residence" built in 1896 in a similar style.
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Tucker County, Virginia (now West Virginia) was created in 1856 out of Randolph County. At that time, the enabling act also called for the county seat , where the county court would be located, to be in Westernford, originally known as "Fort Minear" and first settled in 1776.
Parsons is the largest city in and county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. [6] The population was 1,322 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Parsons is located at the confluence of the Shavers Fork and the Black Fork , forming the head of the Cheat River .
Hendricks is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 226 at the 2020 census. [2] The Blackwater River and the Dry Fork join at Hendricks to form the Black Fork, a principal tributary of the Cheat River. [5]
In 1856, an act creating the county specified that Tucker's county court was to be held on the lands of Enoch Minear, descendant of Jonathan Minear. The town was then renamed Saint George in honor of Henry St. George Tucker, Jr. (1828–63), the son of the county's namesake, Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. (1780–1848). [failed verification]
Red Creek is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Red Creek is located on West Virginia Route 72 , 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Parsons . Red Creek has a post office with ZIP code 26289. [ 2 ]