WV Co., Origins By;
Jim Blankenship
20 June 1863 WV
Statehood
1843, Barbour Created from
Harrison, Lewis, and Randolph
1772, Berkeley Created
from Frederick
1847, Boone Created from
Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan
1836, Braxton Created from
Lewis, Nicholas, and Kanawha
1796, Brooke Created from
Prince George, Isle of Wight, and Surry
1809, Cabell Created from
Kanawha
1856, Calhoun Created from
Gilmer
1858, Clay Created from
Braxton, Kanawha, and Nicholas
1845, Doddridge Created
from Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, and Tyler
1780, Fayette Created from
Kentucky
1845 Gilmer Created from
Kanawha & Lewis
1866, Grant Created from
Hardy
1778, Greenbrier Created
from Botetourt, Montgomery, Monroe, and Fayette
1753, Hampshire Created
from Augusta, Frederick
1848, Hancock Created from
Brooke
1785, Hardy Created from Hampshire
1784, Harrison Created
from Monongalia, Randolph, & Ohio
1831, Jackson Created from
Kanawha, Mason, Wood, & Wirt
1780, Jefferson Created
from Kentucky
1788, Kanawaha
Created from Greenbrier, Montgmery, Fayette, &
Jackson
1816 Lewis Greated from Harrison & Randolph
1780, Lincoln Created from
Kentucky
1824, Logan Created from Cabell,
Giles, Kanawha, and Tazewell
1842, Marion Created
from Harrison and Monongalia
1835, Marshell
Created from Ohio
1788, Mason Created from Bourbon
1858, McDowell Created
from Tazewell
1785, Mercer Created from Lincoln
1866, Mineral Created from
Hampshire
1895, Mingo Created from Logan
1776, Monongalla
Created from Augusta & Preston
1799, Monroe Created from Greenbrier
and Botetourt
1820, Morgan Created from
Berkeley & Hampshire
1818, Nicholas Created
from Greenbrier, Kanawha, & Randolph
1776, Ohio Created from
Augusta & Yohogania
1787, Penidleton
Created from Augusta, Hardy, Rockingham, & Bath
1851, Pleasants Created
from Ritchie, Tyler, & Wood
1821, Pocahontas Created
from Bath, Pendleton, Randolph, & Greenbrier
1818, Preston Created from
Monongalia & Randolph
1848, Putnam Created from
Cabell, Kanawha, & Mason
1850, Raleigh Created from
Fayette
1786, Randolph Created
from Harrison
1843, Ritchie Created from
Harrison, Lewis, & Wood
1856, Roane Created from
Gilmer, Jackson, & Kanawha
1871, Summers Created from
Monroe, Fayette, Greenbrier, & Mercer
1844, Tayler
Created from Barbour, Harrison, & Marion
1856, Tucker Created from
Randolph
1814, Tyler Created from
Ohio
1851, Upchur
Created from Barbour, Lewis, & Randolph
1842, Wayne Created from
Cabell
1860, Webster Created from
Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph, & Greenbrier
1798, Wood Created from Harrison
& Kanawha
1848, Wirt Created from
Jackson & Wood
1850, Wyoming Created from
Logan