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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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