Daughters of the American Revolution

Newton Diehl Baker moved to Cleveland

Elkins became the county seat of Randolph County, replacing Beverly

William Blenko returned to America to try to set up shop in Point Marion, PA

Lumber mill relocation to Wirt County

West Virginia Pulp & Paper purchased land along Greenbrier River, later Cass

Chamber of Commerce established in Charleston

Charleston began new hospital on Cemetery Hill

William Dawson married his second wife Maude Brown

Alexander Donaghho died in Parkersburg

Huntington's Fesenmeier Brewery was opened

The Sacred Heart Church of Spring Dale was built

Lily Jackson helped found the Daughters of American Pioneers

The Low Moor Iron Company employed James Kay to open the Kaymoor mines near Fayettesville

Kaymoor became an industrial village

Teepi Kendrick moved to Morgantown

Rand McNally produced a new map of West Virginia

The first execution occurred at the Moundsville State Penitentiary

Reynolds Memorial Hospital was founded by B. M. Spurr

The shop complex stopped being used by the locomotive service facility

Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Barbour County

Wheeling's McLure Hotel was remodeled to have 225 rooms

A daily edition Morgantown Evening Post began publication

Dwight Morrow received his law degree from Columbia University

Robert Hornor's son began the Parkersburg Daily Sentinel.

Elbert Hubbard published A Message to Garcia pamphlet concerning Andrew Rowan's trip to Cuba

Granville Davisson Hall wrote Daughter of the Elm

The West Virginia Northern railroad began as a coal hauler

Anne Spencer graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia

The USS Huntington was authorized by Congress

The legislature authorized the establishment of Miners Hospital No. One in Welch

The Capitol Annex was designed

The Industrial Home for Youth opened as the West Virginia Industrial Home For Girls

Lenna Yost married Ellis Asby Yost

Reeds Creek Hatchery was completed

Tate Lohr Hatchery was completed

Ken Sullivan became editor of Goldenseal magazine

Butch Miles left Count Basie to form the Jazz Express

Ceredo had 1,675 residents

Charleston population fell to 53,421

Clay Foundation assets at $67 million

Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages

Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages

Doddridge population reached 7,403

Dunbar had a population of 8,154

Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas

West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9%

Elizabeth's population was 994

Fairmont had population of 19,097

People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia

Follansbee's population reported at 3,115

Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area

Franklin population reported at 797

Grafton population stood at 2,489

Population of Grant County rose to 11,299

Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people

Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County

Hardy County reported a population of 12,669

Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307

Harrisville held a population of 1,842

The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350

The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222

Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia

Jackson County's population was 28,000

Ripley's population stood at 3,263

Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301

Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073

Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485

Keyser's population was 5,303

Keystone's population had fallen to 453

City of Logan population was 1,630

Logan County population reported at 37,710

Population of Madison was 2,677

Mannington population was 2,124

Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia

West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2%

Marion County population stood at 56,598

Population of Marlinton was 1,204

Marshall County's population was 35,519

Martinsburg population was 75,905

The population of Mason county was 25,957

Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population

Population of McDowell County was 27,329

West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years

Mercer County population was 62,980

Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia

Middlebourne's population was 870

Milton's population was 2,206

Monongalia County had a population of 81,866

Monroe county had a population of 14,583

Morgan County had a population of 14,943

Morgantown population was 26,809

Moundsville had a population of 9,978

Population of New Cumberland was 1,099

Nicholas County had a population of 26,562

Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle

Oak Hill population was 7,589

Population of Ohio County was 47,427

Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents

Paden City's population was 2,860

Parkersburg's population was 33,099

The population of Paw Paw was 524

Franklin had 797 residents

The population of Petersburg was 2,423

The population of Philippi was 2,870

Piedmont's population was 1,014

The population of Pineville was 715

The population of Pleasants County was 7,514

The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131

Richwood had a population of 2,477

Ritchie County's population was 10,343

Roane County population was 15,446

Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia

Romney had a population of 1,940

The population of St. Albans was 11,567

St. Marys population was at 2,017

Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County

Shinnston's population was 2,295

South Charleston had a population of 13,390

Spencer had a population of 2,352

Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend

Hinton's population was 2,880

Summersville population was 3,294

Sutton had a population 1,011

Taylor County population was 16,089

Tucker County population was 7,321

Union had a population of 548

Upshur County population was 23,404

Vienna had a population of 10.861

Wayne had a population of 1,105

Wayne County population was 42, 903

Webster County population was 9,719

Webster Springs had a population of 808

Weirton population was 20,411

Welch population was 2,683

Wellsburg population was 2,891

West Union had a population of 806

Weston's population was 4,317

Westover had a population of 3,941

Wetzel County had a population of 17,693

Wheeling population was 31,419

Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315

Williamson population was 3,414

Winfield population was 1,858

Wirt County had a population of 5,873

Wood County had a population of 87,986