COUNTY

DATE OF FORMATION

COUNTIES FROM WHICH FORMED

COUNTY SEAT

Barbour

1843

Harrison, Lewis, Randolph

Phillippi

Berkeley

1772

Frederick

Martinsburg

Boone

1847

Cabell, Kanawha, Logan

Madison

Braxton

1836

Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas

Sutton

Brooke

1796

Ohio

Wellsburg

Cabell

1809

Kanawha

Huntington

Calhoun

1856

Gilmer

Grantsville

Clay

1858

Braxton, Nicholas

Clay

Doddridge

1845

Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler

West Union

Fayette

1831

Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas

Fayetteville

Gilmer

1845

Kanawha, Lewis

Glenville

Grant

1866

Hardy

Petersburg

Greenbrier

1777

Boteourt & Montgomery

Lewisburg

Hampshire

1753

Augusta & Frederick

Romney

Hancock

1848

Brooke

New Cumberland

Hardy

1785

Hampshire

Moorefield

Harrison

1784

Monongalia

Clarksburg

Jackson

1831

Kanawha, Mason, Wood

Ripley

Jefferson

1801

Berkeley

Charles Town

Kanawha

1788

Greenbrier & Montgomery

Charleston

Lewis

1816

Harrison

Weston

Lincoln

1867

Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam

Hamlin

Logan

1824

Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, Tazewell

Logan

Marion

1842

Harrison & Monongalia

Fairmont

Marshall

1835

Ohio

Moundsville

Mason

1804

Kanawha

Pt. Pleasant

Mercer

1837

Giles & Tazewell

Princeton

Mineral

1866

Hampshire

Keyser

Mingo

1895

Logan

Williamson

Monongalia

1776

West Augusta District

Morgantown

Monroe

1799

Greenbrier

Union

Morgan

1820

Berkeley, Hampshire

Berkeley Springs

McDowell

1858

Tazewell

Welch

Nicholas

1818

Greenbrier, Kanawha & Randolph

Summersville

Ohio

1776

West Augusta District

Wheeling

Pendleton

1787

Augusta,  Hardy & Rockingham

Franklin

Pleasants

1851

Ritchie, Tyler & Wood

St. Marys

Pocahontas

1721

Bath, Pendleton & Randolph

Marlinton

Preston

1818

Monongalia

Kingwood

Putnam

1848

Cabell, Kanawha, Mason

Winfield

Raleigh

1850

Fayette

Beckly

Randolph

1786

Harrison

Elkins

Ritchie

1843

Harrison, Lewis, Wood

Harrisville

Roane

1856

Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha

Spencer

Summers

1871

Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe

Hinton

Taylor

1844

Barbour, Harrison, Marion

Grafton

Tucker

1856

Randolph

Parsons

Tyler

1814

Ohio

Middlebourne

Upshur

1851

Barbour, Lewis, Randolph

Buckhannon

Wayne

1842

Cabell

Wayne

Webster

1860

Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph

Webster Springs

Wetzel

1846

Tyler

New Martinsville

Wirt

1843

Jackson & Wood

Elizabeth

Wood

1798

Harrison

Parkersburg

Wyoming

1850

Logan

Pineville