List of counties in West Virginia
Counties

List of counties in West Virginia

Section Title: Counties
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County	FIPS code	County seat	Established	Origin	Etymology	Population	Area	Map

Barbour County	001	Philippi	1843	Harrison, Lewis, and Randolph counties	Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841) United States Speaker of the House (1821–23)	16,589	341 sq mi (883 km2)	State map highlighting Barbour County

Berkeley County	003	Martinsburg	1772	Frederick County (Virginia)	Norborne Berkeley (1717–70) Royal Governor of Virginia (1768–70)	104,169	321 sq mi (831 km2)	State map highlighting Berkeley County

Boone County	005	Madison	1847	Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan counties	Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American frontiersman	24,629	503 sq mi (1,303 km2)	State map highlighting Boone County

Braxton County	007	Sutton	1836	Kanawha, Lewis, and Nicholas counties	Carter Braxton (1736–97) Signer of the Declaration of Independence	14,523	514 sq mi (1,331 km2)	State map highlighting Braxton County

Brooke County	009	Wellsburg	1796	Ohio County	Robert Brooke (1761–1800) Governor of Virginia (1794–96)	24,069	89 sq mi (231 km2)	State map highlighting Brooke County

Cabell County	011	Huntington	1809	Kanawha County	William H. Cabell (1772–1853) Governor of Virginia (1805–08)	96,319	282 sq mi (730 km2)	State map highlighting Cabell County

Calhoun County	013	Grantsville	1856	Gilmer County	John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) United States Vice President (1825–32)	7,627	281 sq mi (728 km2)	State map highlighting Calhoun County

Clay County	015	Clay	1858	Braxton and Nicholas counties	Henry Clay (1777–1852) United States Senator Kentucky (1823–25) United States Speaker of the House (1849–52)	9,386	342 sq mi (886 km2)	State map highlighting Clay County

Doddridge County	017	West Union	1845	Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, and Taylor counties	Philip Doddridge (1773–1832) United States Congressman (Virginia) (1829–32)	8,202	320 sq mi (829 km2)	State map highlighting Doddridge County

Fayette County	019	Fayetteville	1831	Kanawha, Greenbrier, Logan, and Nicholas counties	Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834) French-born American Revolutionary War General	46,039	664 sq mi (1,720 km2)	State map highlighting Fayette County

Gilmer County	021	Glenville	1845	Kanawha and Lewis counties	Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–44) United States Secretary of the Navy (1844) Governor of Virginia (1840–41)	8,693	340 sq mi (881 km2)	State map highlighting Gilmer County

Grant County	023	Petersburg	1866	Hardy County	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85) United States President (1869–77)	11,937	477 sq mi (1,235 km2)	State map highlighting Grant County

Greenbrier County	025	Lewisburg	1778	Montgomery County (Virginia) and Botetourt County (Virginia)	Greenbrier River	35,480	1,021 sq mi (2,644 km2)	State map highlighting Greenbrier County

Hampshire County	027	Romney	1754	Augusta County (Virginia) and Frederick County (Virginia)	County of Hampshire in England	23,964	642 sq mi (1,663 km2)	State map highlighting Hampshire County

Hancock County	029	New Cumberland	1848	Brooke County	John Hancock (1737–93) One of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Governor of Massachusetts (1780–85) and (1787–93)	30,676	83 sq mi (215 km2)	State map highlighting Hancock County

Hardy County	031	Moorefield	1786	Hampshire County	Samuel Hardy (1758–85) Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress (1783–85)	14,025	583 sq mi (1,510 km2)	State map highlighting Hardy County

Harrison County	033	Clarksburg	1784	Monongalia County	Benjamin Harrison V (1726–91) Governor of Virginia (1781–84)	69,099	416 sq mi (1,077 km2)	State map highlighting Harrison County

Jackson County	035	Ripley	1831	Kanawha, Mason, and Wood counties	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) United States President (1829–37)	29,211	466 sq mi (1,207 km2)	State map highlighting Jackson County

Jefferson County	037	Charles Town	1801	Berkeley County	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) United States President (1801–09)	53,498	210 sq mi (544 km2)	State map highlighting Jefferson County

Kanawha County	039	Charleston	1789	Greenbrier and Montgomery County (Virginia)	Kanawha River	193,063	903 sq mi (2,339 km2)	State map highlighting Kanawha County

Lewis County	041	Weston	1816	Harrison County	Charles Lewis (1736–74) American Colonel killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant	16,372	389 sq mi (1,008 km2)	State map highlighting Lewis County

Lincoln County	043	Hamlin	1867	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, and Putnam counties	Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) United States President (1861–65)	21,720	438 sq mi (1,134 km2)	State map highlighting Lincoln County

Logan County	045	Logan	1824	Cabell and Kanawha counties, Giles County (Virginia), and Tazewell County (Virginia)	Chief Logan (c.1723-80) Mingo leader	36,743	454 sq mi (1,176 km2)	State map highlighting Logan County

Marion County	049	Fairmont	1842	Harrison and Monongalia counties	Francis Marion (1732–95) American Revolutionary War General (1757–82)	56,418	310 sq mi (803 km2)	State map highlighting Marion County

Marshall County	051	Moundsville	1835	Ohio County	John Marshall (1755–1835) United States Secretary of State (1800–01) Chief Justice of the United States (1801–35)	33,107	307 sq mi (795 km2)	State map highlighting Marshall County

Mason County	053	Point Pleasant	1804	Kanawha County	George Mason (1725–92) United States Constitutional Convention "Father of the Bill of Rights"	27,324	432 sq mi (1,119 km2)	State map highlighting Mason County

McDowell County	047	Welch	1858	Tazewell County (Virginia)	James McDowell (1795–1851) Governor of Virginia (1843–46)	22,113	535 sq mi (1,386 km2)	State map highlighting McDowell County

Mercer County	055	Princeton	1837	Giles County (Virginia) and Tazewell County (Virginia)	Hugh Mercer (1726–77) American Revolutionary War General (1775–76)	62,264	420 sq mi (1,088 km2)	State map highlighting Mercer County

Mineral County	057	Keyser	1866	Hampshire County	abundant mineral resources	28,212	328 sq mi (850 km2)	State map highlighting Mineral County

Mingo County	059	Williamson	1895	Logan County	Mingo Native Americans	26,839	423 sq mi (1,096 km2)	State map highlighting Mingo County

Monongalia County	061	Morgantown	1776	Augusta County (Virginia)	Latin derivation for Monongahela River	96,189	361 sq mi (935 km2)	State map highlighting Monongalia County

Monroe County	063	Union	1799	Greenbrier County	James Monroe (1758–1831) United States Senator (Virginia) (1790–94) Governor of Virginia (1799–1802) and (1811) United States President (1817–25)	13,502	473 sq mi (1,225 km2)	State map highlighting Monroe County

Morgan County	065	Berkeley Springs	1820	Berkeley and Hampshire counties	Daniel Morgan (1736–1802) United States Congressman (Virginia) (1797–99)	17,541	229 sq mi (593 km2)	State map highlighting Morgan County

Nicholas County	067	Summersville	1818	Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Randolph counties	Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820) United States Senator (Virginia) (1799–1804) Governor of Virginia (1814–16)	26,233	649 sq mi (1,681 km2)	State map highlighting Nicholas County

Ohio County	069	Wheeling	1776	Augusta County (Virginia)	Ohio River	44,443	106 sq mi (275 km2)	State map highlighting Ohio County

Pendleton County	071	Franklin	1788	Augusta County (Virginia), Rockingham County (Virginia), and Hardy	Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803) First Continental Congress (1774)	7,695	698 sq mi (1,808 km2)	State map highlighting Pendleton County

Pleasants County	073	Saint Marys	1851	Ritchie, Tyler, and Wood counties	James Pleasants, Jr. (1769–1836) United States Senator (Virginia) (1819–22) Governor of Virginia (1822–25)	7,605	131 sq mi (339 km2)	State map highlighting Pleasants County

Pocahontas County	075	Marlinton	1821	Bath County (Virginia), Pendleton, and Randolph	Pocahontas (c. 1595–1617) Powhatan Native American who assisted early English settlers	8,719	940 sq mi (2,435 km2)	State map highlighting Pocahontas County

Preston County	077	Kingwood	1818	Monongalia County	James Patton Preston (1774–1843) Governor of Virginia (1816–19)	33,520	648 sq mi (1,678 km2)	State map highlighting Preston County

Putnam County	079	Winfield	1848	Cabell, Kanawha, and Mason counties	Israel Putnam (1718–90) American Revolutionary War General	55,486	346 sq mi (896 km2)	State map highlighting Putnam County

Raleigh County	081	Beckley	1850	Fayette County	Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) English explorer and poet	78,859	607 sq mi (1,572 km2)	State map highlighting Raleigh County

Randolph County	083	Elkins	1787	Harrison County	Edmund Jennings Randolph (1753–1813) Governor of Virginia (1786–88) First United States Attorney General (1789–94)	29,405	1,040 sq mi (2,694 km2)	State map highlighting Randolph County

Ritchie County	085	Harrisville	1843	Harrison, Lewis, and Wood counties	Thomas Ritchie (1778–1854) nationally influential Virginia newspaper publisher	10,449	454 sq mi (1,176 km2)	State map highlighting Ritchie County

Roane County	087	Spencer	1856	Gilmer, Jackson, and Kanawha counties	Spencer Roane (1762–1822) Virginia Supreme Court Justice (1794–1822)	14,926	484 sq mi (1,254 km2)	State map highlighting Roane County

Summers County	089	Hinton	1871	Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, and Monroe counties	George W. Summers (1804–68) United States Congressman (Virginia) (1843)	13,927	361 sq mi (935 km2)	State map highlighting Summers County

Taylor County	091	Grafton	1844	Barbour, Harrison, Marion counties	John Taylor of Caroline (1753–1824) United States Senator (Virginia) (1792–94) and (1803) and (1822–24)	16,895	173 sq mi (448 km2)	State map highlighting Taylor County

Tucker County	093	Parsons	1856	Randolph County	Henry St. George Tucker (1780–1848) United States Congressman (Virginia) (1815–19) Virginia Supreme Court (1831–41)	7,141	419 sq mi (1,085 km2)	State map highlighting Tucker County

Tyler County	095	Middlebourne	1814	Ohio County	John Tyler, Sr. (1747–1813) Governor of Virginia (1808–11)	9,208	258 sq mi (668 km2)	State map highlighting Tyler County

Upshur County	097	Buckhannon	1851	Barbour, Lewis, and Randolph counties	Abel Parker Upshur (1790–1844) United States Secretary of the Navy (1841–43) United States Secretary of State (1843–44)	24,254	355 sq mi (919 km2)	State map highlighting Upshur County

Wayne County	099	Wayne	1842	Cabell County	"Mad" Anthony Wayne Major General (1745–96) American Revolutionary War (1775–83) and (1792–96) United States Congressman Georgia (1791)	42,481	506 sq mi (1,311 km2)	State map highlighting Wayne County

Webster County	101	Webster Springs	1860	Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph counties	Daniel Webster (1782–1852) United States Senator Massachusetts (1827–41) and (1845–50) United States Secretary of State (1841–53) and (1850–52)	9,154	556 sq mi (1,440 km2)	State map highlighting Webster County

Wetzel County	103	New Martinsville	1846	Tyler County	Lewis Wetzel (1763–1808) noted frontiersman	16,583	359 sq mi (930 km2)	State map highlighting Wetzel County

Wirt County	105	Elizabeth	1848	Jackson and Wood counties	William Wirt (1772–1834) United States Attorney General (1817–29)	5,717	233 sq mi (603 km2)	State map highlighting Wirt County

Wood County	107	Parkersburg	1798	Harrison County	James Wood (1741–1813) Governor of Virginia (1796–99)	86,956	367 sq mi (951 km2)	State map highlighting Wood County

Wyoming County	109	Pineville	1850	Logan County	derived from Lenape Native American term for "wide plain"	23,796	501 sq mi (1,298 km2)	State map highlighting Wyoming County

Sentence(s)

Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km²), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km²).

final_sentence: Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km²), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km²).