West Virginia

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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West Virginia was admitted as a State on June 20, 1863, comprising 48 counties formerly part of Virginia; two additional counties, Berkeley and Jefferson, were added in 1866, bringing the State to essentially its present boundaries.

Federal Census Summary

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Census coverage included all parts of the present State from 1790 on.

1790: 55,873	1800: 78,592	1810: 105,469	1820: 136,808	1830: 176,924	1840: 224,537	1850: 302,313	1860: 376,688
1870: 442,014	1880: 618,457	1890: 762,794	1900: 958,800	1910: 1,221,119	1920: 1,463,701	1930: 1,729,205	1940: 1,901,974
1950: 2,005,552	1960: 1,860,421	1970: 1,744,237	1980: 1,949,644	1990: 1,793,477	2000: 1,808,344

Counties
Barbour Berkeley Boone Braxton Brooke Cabell Calhoun Clay Doddridge Fayette Gilmer Grant Greenbrier Hampshire	Hancock Hardy Harrison Jackson Jefferson Kanawha Lewis Lincoln Logan McDowell Marion Marshall Mason Mercer	Mineral Mingo Monongalia Monroe Morgan Nicholas Ohio Pendleton Pleasants Pocahontas Preston Putnam Raleigh Randolph	Ritchie Roane Summers Taylor Tucker Tyler Upshur Wayne Webster Wetzel Wirt Wood Wyoming

State Resources

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West Virginia 1895 Map Addendum
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Find West-Virginia public records, including county property records and birth records
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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.