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List of West Virginia county name etymologies

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This is a list of West Virginia county name etymologies.

West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties

Barbour County: Barbour is named for Virginia judge Philip Pendleton Barbour.
Berkeley County: Berkeley is named for Norborne Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt), a colonial governor of Virginia.
Boone County: Boone is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Braxton County: Braxton is named for Founding Father Carter Braxton.
Brooke County: Brooke is named for Governor of Virginia Robert Brooke.
Cabell County: Cabell is named for Governor of Virginia William H. Cabell.
Calhoun County: Calhoun is named for American statesman John C. Calhoun.
Clay County: Clay is named for American statesman Henry Clay.
Doddridge County: Doddridge is named for Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge.
Fayette County: Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette.
Gilmer County: Gilmer is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.
Grant County: Grant is named for U.S. President Ulysses Grant.
Greenbrier County: Greenbrier is named for the Greenbrier River.
Hampshire County: Hampshire is named for the English county of Hampshire.
Hancock County: Hancock is named for Founding Father John Hancock.
Hardy County: Hardy is named for Samuel Hardy.
Harrison County: Benjamin Harrison is named for Founding Father Benjamin Harrison V.
Jackson County: Jackson is named for U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
Jefferson County: Jefferson is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Kanawha County: Kanawha is named for the Kanawha River.
Lewis County: Lewis is named for American Revolutionary War soldier Charles Lewis who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
Lincoln County: Lincoln is named for U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Logan County: Logan is named for Mingo Native American leader Logan.
Marion County: Marion is named for American Revolutionary War guerrilla leader Francis Marion, aka the Swamp Fox.
Marshall County: Marshall is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall.
Mason County: Mason is named for Founding Father George Mason
McDowell County: McDowell is named for Governor of Virginia James McDowell.
Mercer County: Mercer is named for American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer.
Mineral County: Mineral is named for the mineral resources found within its borders.
Mingo County: Mingo is named for the Mingo Native American people.
Monongalia County: Monongalia is named for the Monongahela River.
Monroe County: Monroe is named for U.S. President James Monroe.
Morgan County: Morgan is named for American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan.
Nicholas County: Nicholas is named for Governor of Virginia Wilson Cary Nicholas.
Ohio County: Ohio is named for the Ohio River.
Pendleton County: Pendleton is named for Virginia judge Edmund Pendleton.
Pleasants County: Pleasants is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator James Pleasants
Pocahontas County: Pocahontas is named for Pocahontas of the Powhatan Native American people.
Preston County: Preston is named for Governor of Virginia James Patton Preston.
Putnam County: Putnam is named for Israel Putnam.
Raleigh County: Raleigh is named for English Renaissance man Sir Walter Raleigh.
Randolph County: Randolph is named for U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Virginia Edmund Jennings Randolph.
Ritchie County: Ritchie is named for Virginia journalist Thomas Ritchie.
Roane County: Roane is named for Virginia judge Spencer Roane.
Summers County: Summers is named for Virginia jurist George W. Summers.
Taylor County: Taylor is named for John Taylor.
Tucker County: Tucker is named for Virginia judge Henry St. George Tucker.
Tyler County: Tyler is named for U.S. President John Tyler.
Upshur County: Upshur is named for U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Upshur.
Wayne County: Wayne is named for Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
Webster County: Webster is named for American statesman Daniel Webster.
Wetzel County: Wetzel is named for frontierman Lewis Wetzel.
Wirt County: Wirt is named for U.S. Attorney General William Wirt.
Wood County: Wood is named for Governor of Virginia James Wood.
Wyoming County: Wyoming is a Delaware Native American word meaning wide plain.

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Source

[Origins of West Virginia Place Names]

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