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In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
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]
Historically, Gilmer County was the northwesternmost of the fiercely Democratic, secessionist counties of West Virginia. It voted Democratic in every election from 1872 to 1968 – in 1928 when there was large-scale anti-Catholic voting throughout Appalachian West Virginia it was Al Smith ’s strongest county in the state. [ 18 ]
Glenville as viewed from Court Street in 2006 The Gilmer County Courthouse in Glenville. Glenville is a town in and the county seat of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, [5] along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 1,128 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the home of Glenville State University.
Linn is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Linn is located at the junction of U.S. routes 33 and 119, and West Virginia Route 47, along Leading Creek, [2] 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Glenville. Linn has a post office with ZIP code 26384. [3] The community was named after Robert George Linn, an early ...
Amid West Virginia's summer drought, members of the Gilmer County Volunteer Fire Department took time this week to give farmers and cows a desperately-needed drink of water.
Troy is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Troy is located on West Virginia Route 47 along Leading Creek, [2] 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Glenville. Troy has a post office with ZIP code 26443. [3] The community was named after John Troy, a pioneer settler who served as the first postmaster. [4]
Cedarville is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Cedarville is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Glenville, along Cedar Creek, [2] from which the community takes its name. [3] Cedarville has a post office that is no longer active with ZIP code 26611. [4]