List of West Virginia county name etymologies
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This is a list of West Virginia county name etymologies.
- 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 Chief 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.
[edit] See also
- West Virginia
- List of West Virginia counties
- County (United States)
- Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
