Barbour County, West Virginia

History
Barbour County is located in north-central West Virginia, United States and was created from Lewis, Harrison, and Randolph counties on March 3, 1843, while still a county in Virginia, which later became West Virginia in June 1863. The county was named for the distinguished Virginia jurist and U.S. Congressman, Philip Pendleton Barbour. The county seat is Philippi, earlier called "Anglin's Ford" and "Booth's Ferry" was formed in 1843 and chartered in 1844. ^[1][2]

Government Offices
County Courthouse, 8 North Main Street, Philippi, WV 26414 - Phone: 304-457-3952
Additional listing for County Government Agencies^[3]

Geography
Barbour County is situated on the Allegheny Plateau at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains and consists of mountainous terrain which is drained by the Buckhannon, the Middle Fork, and the Tygart Valley rivers. ^[1]

Adjacent counties

• Taylor County (north)
• Tucker County (east)
• Randolph County (southeast)
• Upshur County (southwest)
• Harrison County (west)
• Preston County (northeast)

Protected areas

• Audra State Park ^[4]
• Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area^[5]
• Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area ^[6]
• Teter Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area ^[7]

Demographics

• Land Area (sq miles): 341.06
• Population: 16,589
• Median Income: $36,087 ^[3]

Cities
Adaland / Arden / Audra / Bear Mountain / Belington/ Berryburg / Berryburg Junction / Boulder / Brownton / Calhoun / Carrollton / Century / Century Junction / Claude / Clemtown / Corder Crossing / Corley / Cove Run / Dartmoor / Dent / Elk City / Finegan Ford / Gage / Galloway / Hall / Hiram / Hopewell / Independence / Jones / Junior /Kalamazoo / Kasson / Kirt / Lantz / Longview / Mansfield / Meadowville / Meriden / Middle Fork / Moatsville / Mount Liberty / Murphy / Nestorville / Overfield / Peeltree / Pepper / Pleasure Valley / Rangoon / Stringtown / Tacy / Talbott / Tygart Junction / Union / Valley Bend / Valley Furnace / Vannoys Mill / Volga / Weaver Community / Wellington Heights / Werner / West Junior / Philippi (county seat)^[3]

Formed From
Barbour County was created from Lewis, Harrison, and Randolph counties on March 3, 1843

Resources

• Barbour County, West Virginia Genealogy on WVGENWEB contains great information and resources for Barbour County.
• e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia
• On-Line Resources by County - Barbour

Census

• 2000 United States Census, shows 15,557 people, 6,123 households, and 4,365 families residing in the county^[1]
• 2010 United States Census shows 16,589 people, 6,548 households, and 4,643 families residing in the county.^[1]

Notables
As listed on Wikipedia ^[1]

• Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (1832–1905), is credited with founding Mother's Day, lived in the county for several years
• William Smith O'Brien (Congressman) (1862–1948), born at Audra
• Ida Lilliard Reed (1865–1951), hymn writer
• Ted Cassidy (1932–79), actor who played Lurch and "Thing" on the 1960s TV show The Addams Family
• Larry Groce (b. 1948), noted singer and songwriter, lived near Galloway in the late 1980s

Land Grants

Cemeteries
Barbour County Cemeteries on WikiTree
Barbour County Cemeteries on WVGENWEB

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Wikipedia contributors, "Barbour County, West Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [1] (accessed June 23, 2017).
2. ↑ Daddysman, James W. "Barbour County." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 31 May 2013. Web. 22 June 2017.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Barbour County, West Virginia"-West Virginia Counties-West Virginia.gov online resources Copyright © 2017 Barbour County(acsessed 22 June 2017)
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Audra State Park," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [2] (accessed June 23, 2017).
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [3] (accessed June 23, 2017 ).
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [4] (accessed June 23, 2017 ).
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Teter Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [5] (accessed June 23, 2017).