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The Bureau identified 169 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 census. The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 1 square mile (2.6 km 2) to have a minimum of 500 inhabitants or freeholders per square mile, and ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA , which includes West Virginia's capital and largest city, Charleston .
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]
As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg . [ 2 ] The county was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and named for James Wood , governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
Brenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 249. [2] Sue Cline (1946-2021), West Virginia State Senator and businesswoman, lived in Brenton. [3]
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.
Daniels is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ]
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.