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Counties in West Virginia that I have Visited

There are 55 counties in West Virginia
The Mountain State

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West Virginia, courtesy of: Mob Rule

I have visited 15 Counties = 27.3% of Counties in West Virginia

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Quick facts about West Virginia

  • Location: See map on the right side of the page.
  • Size(1): 24,078 square miles. West Virginia is the 41st largest state. The next larger state is South Carolina and the next smaller state is Maryland.
  • Population(2): 1,816,856 people. West Virginia is the 37th most populous state. The next more populous state is New Mexico and the next less populous state is Nebraska.
  • Population Density: 75.46 people per square mile. West Virginia is the 29th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Missouri and the next less densely populated state is Vermont.
  • Bordering States: West Virginia shares a border with 5 states: Pennsylvania; Ohio; Kentucky; Virginia and Maryland.
  • Admission to the Union: June 20, 1863. West Virginia was the 35th state admitted to the Union, after Kansas and before Nevada.
  • Capital: Charleston.
  • Highest Point: 4,861 feet at Spruce Knob. See SummitPost's Spruce Knob page.
  • Lowest Point: 240 feet at the Potomac River in Jefferson County.
  • Government website: WV.gov... Your West Virginia Directory!.
  • Official Tourism website: West Virginia - Wild and Wonderful.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia's West Virginia page.

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Counties in West Virginia

Below are the 55 counties in West Virginia. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are in bold. If I have a photograph or other item associated with a county somewhere else on my website, there will also be a link.
  1. Barbour
  2. Berkeley: What Coast are They Guarding, Exactly?
  3. Boone
  4. Braxton: Orlando (not that one)
  5. Brooke
  6. Cabell
  7. Calhoun
  8. Clay
  9. Doddridge
  10. Fayette: The New River Gorge
  11. Gilmer
  12. Grant
  13. Greenbrier
  14. Hampshire
  15. Hancock: Smallest county in West Virginia (83 square miles).
  16. Hardy
  17. Harrison
  18. Jackson
  19. Jefferson: The First Steamboat?
  20. Kanawha: Largest county population in West Virginia (200,073 people in 2000 Census).
  21. Lewis
  22. Lincoln
  23. Logan
  24. Marion
  25. Marshall
  26. Mason
  27. McDowell
  28. Mercer
  29. Mineral
  30. Mingo: The Oddity of U.S. Route 52/119
  31. Monongalia
  32. Monroe
  33. Morgan
  34. Nicholas
  35. Ohio
  36. Pendleton
  37. Pleasants
  38. Pocahontas
  39. Preston
  40. Putnam
  41. Raleigh
  42. Randolph: Largest county in West Virginia (1,040 square miles).
  43. Ritchie
  44. Roane
  45. Summers
  46. Taylor
  47. Tucker
  48. Tyler
  49. Upshur
  50. Wayne
  51. Webster
  52. Wetzel
  53. Wirt: Smallest county population in West Virginia (5,873 people in 2000 Census).
  54. Wood
  55. Wyoming


Sources:

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.


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