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Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 Census , the population was 34,216. [ 4 ] Its county seat is Kingwood . [ 5 ]
Location of Preston County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Preston County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Preston County, West Virginia. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Independence is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, adjacent to the town of Newburg. Independence was home to a public primary school. During the 1950s and 1960s the community hosted the popular “Watermelon Days,” which provided amusement and entertainment for much of Preston and Taylor counties.
Brandonville is a town in northern Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 136 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the Morgantown metropolitan area .
Kingwood is a city in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] The city sits within the Allegheny Mountains above the Cheat River valley.
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]
Kingwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 103 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Kingwood. Most of the buildings are two story, frame and masonry buildings.
Evansville is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Evansville lies on the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) along Little Sandy Creek. Sources differ whether the community was named after Edward, Henry or Hugh Evans, all of whom were first settlers. [2]