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West Virginia: County: Wyoming: Time zone: UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer : UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP codes: 24839. GNIS feature ID: 1554642 [1] Hanover is an unincorporated ...
Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,095. [1] Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. [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 strawberries.
In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts. [6]
Sissonville is located in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was named after an early settler by the name of John Sisson. History shows the first known settler north of Fort Lee (now known as Charleston) was a man named Johnson who built a log cabin near the mouth of Tuppers Creek in 1802 and later built a grist mill in the area.
Manufacturers opened in the town in the early 1900s, including the West Virginia Pottery Company, Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, and later the Master Glass Company. [5] On June 29, 2006, the city became noted as the site of a showdown over the issue of separation of church and state in the United States.
Marmet (pronounced mar-MET) is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,501 at the 2020 census. The community was re-named in 1900 after the local Marmet Coal Company, which had the name of its proprietors Edwin, Otto, and William Marmet. [5] The town name was changed from Brownsville.
Galloway is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in northwestern Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 76 northwest of the city of Philippi, the county seat of Barbour County. [4] Its elevation is 1,073 feet (327 m). [5] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26349. [6]