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West Virginia - Formation of Counties
| County |
Date Formed |
Formed From |
| Barbour |
1843 |
Harrison/Lewis/Randolph |
| Berkeley |
1772 |
Frederick, VA |
| Boone |
1847 |
Kanawha/Cabell/Logan |
| Braxton |
1836 |
Lewis/Kanawha/Nicholas |
| Brooke |
1797 |
Split from Ohio |
| Cabell |
1809 |
Kanawha |
| Calhoun |
1856 |
Gilmer |
| Clay |
1858 |
Braxton/Nicholas/Kanawha |
| Doddridge |
1845 |
Harrison/Tyler/Ritchie/Lewis |
| Fayette |
1831 |
Logan/Nicholas/Greenbrier/Kanawha |
| Gilmer |
1845 |
Kanawha/Lewis |
| Grant |
1866 |
Hardy |
| Greenbrier |
1777 |
Montgomery, Va./Botetourt, Va |
| Hampshire |
1754 |
Augusta, Va./Frederick, Va. |
| Hancock |
1848 |
Brooke |
| Hardy |
1786 |
Hampshire |
| Harrison |
1784 |
Monongalia |
| Jackson |
1831 |
Mason/Wood/Kanawha |
| Jefferson |
1801 |
Berkeley |
| Kanawha |
1789 |
Greenbrier/Montgomery |
| Lewis |
1816 |
Harrison |
| Lincoln |
1867 |
Boone/Cabell/Kanawha/Putnam |
| Logan |
1824 |
Giles, Va./Cabell/Tazewell, Va./Kanawha |
| Marion |
1842 |
Monongalia/Harrison |
| Marshall |
1835 |
split from Ohio |
| Mason |
1804 |
Kanawha |
| McDowell |
1858 |
Tazewell, Va |
| Mercer |
1837 |
Giles, Va/Tazewell, Va |
| Mineral |
1866 |
Hampshire |
| Mingo |
1895 |
Logan |
| Monongalia |
1776 |
West Augusta, Va |
| Monroe |
1799 |
Greenbrier |
| Morgan |
1820 |
Berkeley/Hampshire |
| Nicholas |
1818 |
Greenbrier/Kanawha/Randolph |
| Ohio |
1776 |
West Augusta, Va |
| Pendleton |
1788 |
Augusta, Va./HardyRockingham, Va |
| Pleasants |
1851 |
Wood/Tyler/Ritchie |
| Pocahontas |
1821 |
Bath, Va./Pendleton/Randolph |
| Preston |
1818 |
Monongalia |
| Putnam |
1848 |
Cabell/Kanawha/Mason |
| Raleigh |
1850 |
Fayette |
| Randolph |
1787 |
Harrison |
| Ritchie |
1843 |
Harrison/Lewis/Wood |
| Roane |
1856 |
Gilmer/Kanawha/Jackson |
| Summers |
1871 |
Fayette/Mercer/Greenbrier/Monroe |
| Taylor |
1844 |
Harrison/Barbour/Marion |
| Tucker |
1856 |
Randolph |
| Tyler |
1814 |
split from Ohio |
| Upshur |
1851 |
Randolph/Lewis/Barbour |
| Wayne |
1842 |
Cabell |
| Webster |
1860 |
Braxton/Nicholas/Randolph |
| Wetzel |
1846 |
Tyler |
| Wirt |
1848 |
Jackson/Wood |
| Wood |
1798 |
Harrison |
| Wyoming |
1850 |
Logan |
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