Formation of West Virginia Counties
Note: Any counties formed prior to 1863, when West Virginia became a state, were a part of the state of Virginia
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Formation
of Current Virginia Counties
County Formed | Date | Counties from which formed |
Barbour | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis, Randolph |
Berkeley | 1772 | Frederick |
Boone | 1847 | Cabel, Kanawha, Logan |
Braxton | 1836 | Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas |
Brooke | 1797 | Ohio |
Cabell | 1809 | Kanawha |
Calhoun | 1856 | Gilmer |
Clay | 1858 | Braxton, Nicholas |
Doddridge | 1845 | Harrison, Lewis Ritchie, Tyler |
Fayette | 1831 | Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan & Nicholas |
Gilmer | 1845 | Kanawha, Lewis |
Grant | 1866 | Hardy |
Greenbrier | 1778 | Botetourt, Montgomery |
Hampshire | 1754 | Augusta, Frederick |
Hancock | 1848 | Brooke |
Hardy | 1786 | Hampshire |
Harrison | 1784 | Monongalia |
Jackson | 1831 | Kanahwa, Mason, Wood |
Jefferson | 1801 | Berkeley |
Kanawha | 1788 | Greenbrier & Montgomery |
Lewis | 1816 | Harrison |
Lincoln | 1867 | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam |
Logan | 1824 | Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, Tazwell |
Marion | 1842 | Harrison, Monongalia |
Marshall | 1835 | Ohio |
Mason | 1804 | Kanawha |
Mercer | 1837 | Giles, Tazewell |
Mineral | 1866 | Hampshire |
Mingo | 1895 | Logan |
Monongalia | 1776 | West Augusta District |
Monroe | 1799 | Greenbrier |
Morgan | 1820 | Berkeley, Hampshire |
McDowell | 1858 | Tazewell |
Nicholas | 1818 | Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph |
Ohio | 1776 | West Augusta District |
Pendleton | 1788 | Augusta, Hardy, Rockingham |
Pleasants | 1851 | Ritchie, Tyler, Wood |
Pocahontas | 1821 | Bath, Pendleton, Randolph |
Preston | 1818 | Monongalia |
Putnam | 1848 | Cabell, Kanawha, Mason |
Raleigh | 1850 | Fayette |
Randolph | 1787 | Harrison |
Ritchie | 1843 | Harrison, Lewis, Wood |
Roane | 1856 | Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha |
Summers | 1871 | Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe |
Taylor | 1844 | Barbour, Harrison, Marion |
Tucker | 1856 | Randolph |
Tyler | 1814 | Ohio |
Upshur | 1851 | Barbour, Lewis, Randolph |
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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