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Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,932. [5] Its county seat is Elkins. [6] The county was founded in 1787 and is named for Edmund Jennings Randolph.
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]
Elkins is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins, a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. [6] The population was 6,950 at the 2020 census and estimated at 6,895 in 2021. [4]
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Location of Randolph County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Randolph County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...
Randolph County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia.The two buildings were built between 1902 and 1904. They are constructed of brick and faced with stone with contrasting smooth and textured stone tr
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...
Randolph County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War (5 P) B. Buildings and structures in Randolph County, West Virginia (7 C, 5 P) D. Davis & Elkins College (2 ...