{"id":23811,"date":"2020-07-12T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23811"},"modified":"2025-05-26T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:50:22","slug":"west-virginia-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/west-virginia-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in West Virginia that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 55 Counties in West Virginia &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Mountain State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/west-virginia.png\" alt=\"West Virginia Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">55 Counties<\/span> = 100% of Counties in West Virginia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in West Virginia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1VhqFMlP-PH-NwP8v-YQaQnQkN4AtYa_k\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the West Virginia locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in West Virginia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/9385973601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3698\/9385973601_f09d74c724_o.jpg\" alt=\"New River Gorge; West Virginia\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New River Gorge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 55 counties in West Virginia. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> 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 highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Barbour<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Berkeley<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4645\">What Coast are They Guarding, Exactly?<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13555\">Order in the Court<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17251\">North Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Boone<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16555\">Big Ugly<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16724\">Appalachian Loop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Braxton<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17802\">Duck<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4036\">Orlando (not <i>that<\/i> one)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Brooke<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cabell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Calhoun<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clay<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Doddridge<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17251\">West Union<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23792\">The New River Gorge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13836\">Cathedral Falls<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16217\">More Ancient Rivers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gilmer<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6715\">Cut the Corner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Grant<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17216\">Fairfax Stone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Greenbrier<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hampshire<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16118\">Flat as a Pancake<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hancock<\/b><\/span>:  Smallest county in West Virginia (83 square miles); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17214\">Weirton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hardy<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harrison<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jackson<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18087\">Sarvis Fork Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18087\">Staats Mill Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18087\">Appalachian Distillery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=192\">The First Steamboat?<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4645\">What Coast are They Guarding, Exactly?<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9387\">Circling the MDVAWV Tripoint<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6917\">Appalachian Trail Counties<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9448\">Rural Free Delivery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7938\">Mistaken Identity<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7483\">What&#8217;s Almost Heaven?<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17461\">Ghost Signs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kanawha<\/b><\/span>:  Largest county population in West Virginia (200,073 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16720\">West Virginia State Capitol Building<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17109\">Tornado<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7938\">Mistaken Identity<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=8826\">Back to the Lines<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15199\">Not the Usual<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17251\">East Bank<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17251\">South Charleston<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lewis<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6460\">Jackson&#8217;s Mill<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4036\">Four Towns, One Name<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lincoln<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16555\">Big Ugly<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Logan<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9656\">No, Not That One<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7339\">Low Clearance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marion<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17818\">Tendril of Fairmont<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marshall<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17215\">Grave Creek Mound<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17215\">West Virginia Penitentiary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mason<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17925\">Even More Spooky<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18086\">Tu-Endie-Wei State Park<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18086\">Mothman<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18086\">Fort Randolph<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McDowell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mercer<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16721\">Princeton Railroad Museum<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15460\">Bluefield on the Border<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mineral<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17116\">Digging for Minerals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mingo<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16723\">Nolan Toll Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16722\">Matewan<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16724\">Appalachian Loop<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16721\">Coal House<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2618\">The Oddity of U.S. Route 52\/119<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Monongalia<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17215\">Don Knotts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Monroe<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Morgan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Nicholas<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ohio<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13087\">Public Street<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17214\">West Virginia Independence Hall<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32182\">Shoot &amp; Eat<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17214\">Wheeling Suspension Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pendleton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pleasants<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pocahontas<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Preston<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18085\">Hovatter&#8217;s Wildlife Zoo<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17216\">Fairfax Stone<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17216\">Our Lady of the Pines<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31598\">West Virginia Welcome Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Putnam<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16841\">Inland Hurricane<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Raleigh<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Randolph<\/b><\/span>:  Largest county in West Virginia (1,040 square miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ritchie<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Roane<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Summers<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Taylor<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11629\">Slices of Belgium<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Tucker<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=44\">River Headwaters and Sources<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17216\">Fairfax Stone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Tyler<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Upshur<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wayne<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Webster<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wetzel<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wirt<\/b><\/span>:  Smallest county population in West Virginia (5,873 people in 2000 Census).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wood<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18085\">Fort Boreman<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18086\">Quincy Hill Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wyoming<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11\">Thanksgiving Towns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About West Virginia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> Appalachian United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  24,038 square miles.  West Virginia is the 41st largest state.   The next larger state is South Carolina and the next smaller state is Maryland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  1,790,832 people.  West Virginia is the 39th most populous state.  The next more populous state is Idaho and the next less populous state is Hawaii.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b>  74.5 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 Minnesota.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b>  West Virginia shares a border with 5 states:  Pennsylvania; Ohio; Kentucky; Virginia and Maryland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b>  June 20, 1863.  West Virginia was the 35th state admitted to the Union, after Kansas and before Nevada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b>  Charleston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b>  4,861 feet at Spruce Knob.  See <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/spruce-knob\/150796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SummitPost&#8217;s Spruce Knob page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b>  240 feet at the Potomac River in Jefferson County.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b>  <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wv.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WV.gov&#8230; Your West Virginia Directory!<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b>  <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/wvtourism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Virginia &#8211; Wild and Wonderful<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b>  See <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia&#8217;s West Virginia page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 55 Counties in West Virginia &#8211; &#8220;The Mountain State&#8220; Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. 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