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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]
Princeton, West Virginia: County West Virginia: West Virginia: Sept 4, 1912: Assault and rape of a 14-year-old girl: Taken out of his jail cell by an armed mob; hanged and shot. [261] Green, Joe: 16: African-American: Heath: Covington: Alabama: February 25, 1913: Fatal shooting of Nobie Spicer
Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,567. [ 1] Its county seat is Logan. [ 2] Logan County comprises the Logan, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charleston – Huntington – Ashland, WV– OH – KY Combined Statistical Area .
Morgan County, West Virginia. / 39.56; -78.26. Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,063. [ 1] Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. [ 2] The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent ...
August 1, 2024 at 4:34 PM. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is in a fight to keep his iconic Greenbrier hotel. A legal notice ...
McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. [2] Its county seat is Welch. [3] McDowell County is the southernmost county in the state. It was created in 1858 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor James McDowell. [4]
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [ 5] The seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers. Huntington is the second-most populous city in West Virginia, with a population of 46,842 as of the 2020 census. Its metro area, the Huntington–Ashland ...
Murray, West Virginia. / 38.89556°N 81.64000°W / 38.89556; -81.64000. Murray is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.