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West Virginia & Regional History Center. Coordinates: 39°37′59.5″N 79°57′15.8″W. The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC), [1] is the largest archival collection housing documents and manuscripts involving West Virginia and the surrounding central Appalachian region. [2] Because of name changes over the years, it is ...
Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13] The oldest county is Hampshire, established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895. [1] Spruce Knob, located in Pendleton County, is the ...
The West Virginia Archives and History houses materials on the state from its earliest date to the present, including letters, diaries, maps, photographs, newspapers, state government records, and audiovisual materials. [ 31] The Ruth Ann Musick Library at Fairmont State University. Academic Library. Marion County.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in West Virginia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties. Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound, to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first ...
The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It became one of two American states that formed during the American Civil War – the other ...
Wetzel County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,442. [1] Its county seat is New Martinsville. [2] The county, founded in 1846, is named for Lewis Wetzel, a famous frontiersman and Indian fighter. [3] Its northern border aligns with the Mason-Dixon line, but is to the west of the line's ...
Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,143, [ 1 ] making it the second-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Franklin. [ 2 ] The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 [ 3 ] from parts of Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham ...
Martinsburg is a city in and the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. [6] The population was 18,773 at the 2020 census, making Martinsburg the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and the sixth-most populous city in the state. It is a principal city of the Hagerstown–Martinsburg metropolitan area ...