All Counties Notes

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All Counties Notes
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Central Counties
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Babcock and Hawks Nest State Parks are found here
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Fayette
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This county is the location for Holly River State
Park
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Webster
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The county seat of this county is Elizabeth
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Wirt
9
The Battle of Scary Creek was fought in this
county
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Putnam
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The county seat of this county is Spencer
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Roane
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The State Game Farm at French Creek is found here
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Upshur
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Jacksons Mill is located in this county
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Lewis
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The State Capital is located here
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Kanawha
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The Summersville Reservoir is found here
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Nicholas
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The geographic center of the state, Sutton is the
County Seat
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Braxton
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Originated the Golden Delicious Apple
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Clay
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Named for the South Carolina Statesman
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Calhoun
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Glenville State College is found here
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Gilmer
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Eastern Panhandle Counties
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Most Eastern County
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Jefferson
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Second oldest county, site of Bunker Hill - 1st
permanent settlement
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Berkeley
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Cacapon State Park is found here
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Morgan
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Lost River State Park is found here
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Hardy
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Blackwater Falls is in this county
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Tucker
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Spruce Knob, the highest point in the state is
located here
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Pendleton
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The Oldest County in the state
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Hampshire
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Named because of the resources found here
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Mineral
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Named for the Union General,location of the
Fairfax Stone
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Grant
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Largest County in the state
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Randolph
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Northeastern Counties
51
North Bend State Park is found here
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Ritchie
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The Mothers Day Shrine is at Grafton
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Taylor
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Alderson-Broaddus College is found here
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Barbour
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Home of J.H. Diss DeBar, designer of the Great
Seal
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Doddridge
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Named for the father of the 9th President
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Harrison
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Named for the Indian word meaning river of the
crumbling banks
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Monongalia
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Named after the Swamp Fox
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Marion
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Coopers Rock State Park is found here
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Preston
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Ohio River Counties
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Smallest county in the state
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Hancock
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County with the first Grimes Golden apple tree
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Brooke
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Named for the longest river in the state
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Ohio
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Named for the first Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court
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Marshall
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Named for the Indian Fighter
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Wetzel
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location of the Worlds Greatest Gas WellBig
Moses
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Tyler
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St. Marys is this countys County Seat
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Pleasants
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Blennerhasset Island
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Wood
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Named for the 7th President
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Jackson
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Named for the author of the Constitution of
Virginia
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Mason
88
Its county seat was moved from Barboursville to
Huntington
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Cabell
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The most western county
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Wayne
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Southern

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Most Southern and Largest Coal Producing County
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McDowell
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Location of Pinnacle Rock State Park
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Mercer
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Youngest county, named for the Indian Tribe
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Mingo
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Location of Bluestone Lake
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Summers
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Delaware Indian word meaning large plains
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Wyoming
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Named for the hunter and explorer
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Boone
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Second Largest, named for the river
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Greenbrier
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Named for the Chief of the Mingo tribe
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Logan
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Named for the 5th President
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Monroe
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Named for the Indian Princess
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Pocahontas
113
Named for the explorer, location of Grandview
State Park
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Raleigh
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Named for the Civil War President
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Lincoln