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Cities. Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population. Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city. Huntington. Parkersburg. Morgantown. Wheeling. Martinsburg. Fairmont.
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 ...
e. Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The main article for this category is List of cities in West Virginia; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in West Virginia; See also West Virginia and categories Towns in West Virginia, Villages in West Virginia, Census-designated places in West Virginia, Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Bridgeport is a city in eastern Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,325 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Clarksburg micropolitan area in North Central West Virginia. Bridgeport had its beginning in pre-American Revolutionary War times. In 1764, John Simpson entered the area and gave his name to Simpson ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
An enlargeable map of the state of West Virginia. Names Common name: West Virginia. Pronunciation: / v ər ˈ dʒ ɪ n i ə / ⓘ Official name: State of West Virginia; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: WV; ISO 3166-2 code: US-WV; Internet second-level domain: .wv.us; Nicknames Mountain State (previously used on license plates ...