US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project
Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US Federal Census in West Virginia.
Total Population of West Virginia in 1880: 618,457
Total Black Population of West Virginia in 1880: 25,886
| Counties in 1880 | Total Pop. | Black Pop. | Spreadsheet | Status/Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour | 11,870 | 457 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Berkeley | 17,380 | 1928 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Boone | 5,824 | 189 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Braxton | 9,787 | 104 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Brooke | 6,013 | 85 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Cabell | 13,744 | 902 | West Virginia #1 | |
| Calhoun | 6,072 | 74 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Clay | 3,460 | ... | ... | ... |
| Doddridge | 10,552 | 54 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Fayette | 11,560 | 1,122 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Gilmer | 7,108 | 47 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Grant | 5,542 | 503 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Greenbrier | 15,060 | 1,981 | West Virginia #1 | |
| Hampshire | 10,366 | 652 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Hancock | 4,882 | 24 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Hardy | 6,794 | 752 | West Virginia #1 | |
| Harrison | 20,181 | 889 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Jackson | 16,312 | 103 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Jefferson | 15,005 | 4,045 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Kanawha | 32,466 | 2,870 | West Virginia #1 | |
| Lewis | 13,269 | 323 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Lincoln | 8,739 | 52 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Logan | 7,329 | 109 | West Virginia #2 | |
| McDowell | 3,074 | 3 | West Virginia #2 | Done/ |
| Marion | 17,198 | 155 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Marshall | 18,840 | 223 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Mason | 22,293 | 859 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Mercer | 7,467 | 366 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Mineral | 8,630 | 489 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Monongalia | 14,985 | 317 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Monroe | 11,501 | 1,129 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Morgan | 5,777 | 197 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Nicholas | 7,223 | 58 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Ohio | 37,457 | 870 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Pendleton | 8,022 | 99 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Pleasants | 6,256 | 26 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Pocahontas | 5,591 | 334 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Preston | 19,091 | 206 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Putnam | 11,375 | 355 | West Virginia #1 | |
| Raleigh | 7,367 | 71 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Randolph | 8,102 | 112 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Ritchie | 13,474 | 64 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Roane | 12,184 | 39 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Summers | 9,033 | 771 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Taylor | 11,455 | 399 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Tucker | 3,151 | 26 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Tyler | 11,073 | 6 | West Virginia #2 | Done/ |
| Upshur | 10,249 | 201 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Wayne | 14,739 | 220 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Webster | 3,207 | 2 | ...[1] | |
| Wetzel | 13,896 | 22 | West Virginia #2 | |
| Wirt | 7,104 | 13 | West Virginia #1 | Done/Checked |
| Wood | 25,006 | 925 | West Virginia #3 | |
| Wyoming | 4,322 | 64 | West Virginia #2 |
Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for West Virginia
Sources
- ↑ no African American residents found in Webster County in searches on FamilySearch and Ancestry
- "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; pages 413-414, West Virginia; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 19 Jan 2024.