Jackson County

Surge of frontier exploration began

The Shenandoah Valley was explored by John Lederer

Gabriel Arthur became first white man to see the Kanawha Valley, under Indian captivity

Louis Michel wrote of his plans to visit the western mountains from Pennsylvania

Ostenaco was born in present Tennessee

Christopher Gist was chosen by the Ohio Company to explore and survey the frontier west of the Alleghenies

Daniel Greathouse was born

Jesse Hughes was born near the Potomac South Branch

Mary Draper Ingles married William Ingles

The Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney

There were 1,200 Shawnee living in villages along the Ohio river

George Washington bought land on the South Fork of Bullskin Creek, a Shenandoah River tributary, in present Jefferson County

Dr. Thomas Walker arrived in present Summers County

Thomas Walker led the first recorded expedition into Kentucky

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

Botetourt County formed from southern half of Augusta

John Corbly settled in the Morgantown area

John Sutton formed the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Harrison County

Adam Stephen purchased 255 acres of land in present Berkeley County and laid out Martinsburg

Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York

William Stewart came from Ireland to the Forks of Cheat in present Monongalia County

Killbuck died at the Delaware village in present Coshocton, Ohio

While hunting, Kyashuta encounters George Washington on his canoe trip

The upper watershed of the Little Kanawha was explored by John Hacker

Chief Logan moved his family to the Ohio Valley

George Washington surveyed Ohio River bottomlands from Point Pleasant to Letart

Samuel McColloch emigrated from the South Branch of the Potomac to Wheeling

A survey party led by George Washington visited the present Point Pleasant area in Mason County

George Washington surveyed the present Ravenswood area in Jackson County and later acquired 2,448 acres there

Jesse Hughes became the first European to enter Roane County

John Stuart built the first mill in Greenbrier County

Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier

The Treaty of Lochaber secured for Britain any lands in the Western Virginia region not covered by the Treaty of Hard Labor

George Washington wrote the first written accounts of the forests of present West Virginia

A permanent settlement was made in the Buckhannon Valley

A log house was built by James Byrnside in Union

Samuel Washington built his house Harewood in present Jefferson County

Francis Asbury volunteered to come to America

Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett was born in England

John Yeager, George Strader and Simon Kenton camped near mouth of Elk River in what would become the city of Charleston

Charles Clendenin settled in the Greenbrier Valley

George Clendenin's family settled in the Greenbrier Valley

Harmon Greathouse arrived in present Hancock County

Jesse Hughes married Grace Tanner

Simon Kenton began hunting and trapping in the Kanawha Valley

St. George's Chapel was constructed in Jefferson County

Joseph, Samuel, and James Tomlinson established the first settlement at what is now Moundsville

Jesse Bennet, wife, and daughter moved to Mason County

Buffington purchased the island, now Buffington Island

Elisha Brooks built the first salt furnace in the Charleston area

Book issued in Shepherdstown by P. Rootes and C. Blagrove

William Clendenin moved his family to Mason County

George Clendenin died in Marietta, Ohio

Salt furnaces in Kanawha County began

Jesse Bennet and family moved to Point Pleasant

Patrick Gass family located in Brooke County

The General Assembly created Brooke County from northern Ohio County

John J. Allen was born

Elisha Brooks built his salt furnace on land from Joseph Ruffner

Simon Kenton lost his wife in a fire

The Impartial Observer was founded in Shepherdstown

Pleasants County saw its first permanent settlers.

Anne Newport married William Royall

Lewis Ruffner was born

Walter Newman built a tavern at Point Pleasant

The William Little family settled Littleton

Wheeling became the county seat of Ohio County

Oceana was established

President Jefferson ordered the arrests of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett for treason

Margaret Blennerhassett was forced to flee from her home after the Burr conspiracy

Felix Grundy was appointed to the Kentucky Supreme Court

Lutheranism reached the Ohio River with the Roush family and Reverend Paul Henkel

John McLure relocated to Wheeling from Pennsylvania

Congress authorized construction of the National Road from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling

Wheeling was chartered as a town

Alexander Scott Withers wrote and Joseph Israel published Chronicles of Border Warfare

Alexander Scott Withers wrote and Joseph Israel published Chronicles of Border Warfare

Martin Delany moved to Pittsburgh

Harpers Ferry Free Press became the Virginia Free Press

George Jackson died

Julie Neale Jackson died

Terra Salis became Malden when David Ruffner laid out lots, streets and alleys

Daniel Lamb was elected city clerk of Wheeling

A state law library was established in Lewisburg

The Western Virginian and People's Press was established in Elizabethtown

The trustees of Monongalia Academy established Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute

Anne Royall established Paul Pry newspaper in Washington

William Chapman Sr.'s Chapman Floating Theater floated down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh

Construction began at Staunton on turnpike

Wheeling was declared an inland port of entry

Richard Whelan was ordained to the priesthood

Waitman Willey graduated from Madison College in Pennsylvania

John D. Sutton gave one acre of ground for a public square in Sutton

Monroe County discontinued the system

Rebecca Davis family moved to Wheeling

The Winchester & Potomac Railroad opened line to Virginius Island at Harpers Ferry

The Virginia Geological Report noted the county's rich coal deposits

Henry Clay Furnace was built on Clay Run

The Henry Clay Furnace was built to supply pig iron to Ices Ferry Ironworks

Benjamin Kelley moved to Wheeling

Joseph Martin produced the only gazetteer of Virginia before the state split

Alexander Martin moved to Jefferson County, Ohio

The first courthouse in Elizabethtown (present Moundsville) was built

The first public building, a jail, was completed in present Moundsville

A new building was authorized to be built in Wheeling for the Ohio County courthouse

The C&O canal company began to carve through Sorrel Ridge

Samuel Price moved to Wheeling and became prosecuting attorney for Braxton County.

Anne Royall began publishing The Huntress newspaper

Henry Ruffner became president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)

William Chapman acquired a small steamboat to tow the Floating Theater upstream

Braxton County was formed

The United Brethren Virginia Conference sent Michael Moses to New Haven

Wheeling was incorporated as a city

The rear wing of Henderson Hall was built

Management at Sweet Springs opened a new hostelry

Gordon Battelle received a B.A. from Marietta Collegiate Institute (Marietta College)

John Carlile was admitted to the bar

Castlerock community began

90 furnaces produced a million bushels of salt annually

Eli Moore graduated from Jefferson College

William Howe given patent for the Howe truss system

G. W. Hammond demolished Ferdinando Fairfax's plantation, Shannon Hill, and built the present dwelling in Jefferson County

Fayette County's first census recorded 3,924 residents

Two communion cups from this year are among the antiques of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church

John Hale moved to the Kanawha Valley

Mill Island was built as a private house

John H. Hall invented the first working interchangeable firearms manufacturing system for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works

Chester Hubbard graduated as valedictorian from Wesleyan University of Connecticut

Jackson County's population was 4,890

Construction of the James River & Kanawha Canal was completed between Richmond and Lynchburg

Joseph Lightburn moved to Lewis County

Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church was constructed

Mifflin Marsh began selling stogies to steamboat crews and passengers for four for a penny

John Chapman erected the first house in New Cumberland

All bridges on the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike were completed

William P. Rathbone and his sons purchased 12,000 acres at Burning Springs Run in Wirt County.

Census provided numerical proof that the white population of the Trans-Allegheny exceeded that of the rest of the state

Benjamin Stickley was licensed as a United Brethren evangelist

German members of the United Brethren in Baltimore migrated to Braxton County

The Rathbones purchased land at Burning Springs

Female Academy in Union (Monroe County) started

Locust Hill was built by Lucy Elizabeth Washington

The Wine family first settled in Braxton County

Union forces defeated John Morgan's cavalry at Bluffington Island near Ravenswood

Park was built on the upper end of Blennerhassett Island

Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad

William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senate

Aretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Sen. Johnson Newlon Camden

Millard F. Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

A "substantial brick jail" was added to the courthouse in Hamlin

Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling

Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton

John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President Cleveland

A branch of the B&O reached Morgantown

A permanent Mormon presence in West Virginia began with the creation of the West Virginia Conference

The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg.

The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established.

A referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County

Anne Spence and mother moved to Bramwell

Telephone switchboards were installed at Martinsburg

A fire burned much of the Valley Falls area

Clarence W. Watson graduated from Fairmont State Normal School

James O. Watson and Aretas B. Fleming started the Montana mine

Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to "The West Virginia Hills"

The drilling of the first gas well in Hundred

Frank Reeves was born in Fairmont

John F. Morgan was executed in the last public hanging in West Virginia

West Virginia had 100,000 farms on 8.9 million acres

Charles Ambler served as sheriff of Pleasants County for two years

B&O added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg)

There were 600 Baptist churches in West Virginia

Raleigh County Republicans launched the Raleigh Herald

Berkeley County population was 19,469

First women on the Bethany College board of trustees

Jesse Bloch entered the family Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company

Alonzo Brooks completed a business course at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Capon Springs developer William H. Sale died

Cass was founded by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company

West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Covington, Virginia

The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) completed its Greenbrier Division into Pocahontas County to harvest red spruce on Cheat and Back Allegheny mountains

Moses Donnally sold the Charleston Gazette

Davis Child Shelter, an orphanage, was established in Charleston

First sewer lines were installed in Clarksburg

Coal production had doubled

Little evidence of the Coal River locks and dams remained

West Virginia chapter of the Colonial Dames of America was organized

Only remnant populations of deer and turkey were noted

West Virginia's median age was below national average at 20.3

Doddridge County population was 13,689

William Edwards wrote a book on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays

Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney

Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia

Garnet High School was founded with a class of 12 black students

Howard Gore graduated from WVU with a degree in agriculture

Harrison County held a population of 27,690

Nancy Hart and husband Joshua Douglas settled in Webster County

Morris Harvey founded the Fayette National Bank

William "Coin" Harvey moved to Arkansas to begin building a retreat and vacation resort

The population of Helvetia reached 500 people

The first time the word "hillbilly" was used in print, in a New York newspaper

Reported 1,062 native Hungarians in West Virginia

Water power began being used for the production of electricity in West Virginia, at Kanawha Falls

Census reported 2,458 Indians living in West Virginia

There were 18 farms of the settlers on the Irish Tract

Don Redman was born in Piedmont

The Kanawha Falls were augmented by a low dam

Oil and natural gas in high quantities was found in Lewis County

Cousin Abe Lilly received a law degree from the Southern Normal University, Tennessee

Railroad replaces streams as the chief means of transporting logs to sawmills

The Benwood Ironworks grew into a large steel mills

James Miller ceased to be Summers County prosecuting attorney

James Miller ran unsuccessfully for state auditor

Steam and electric fans made larger mines possible

The completion of the C&O Railway's Greenbrier Division to Marlinton put the Minnehaha Springs within reach of travelers

Fairmont's first electric streetcar line built

Morgantown population was at 1,895

The Morgantown Glass Works began production

A developer began selling oceanfront lots for $25 in Myrtle Beach

The anticlinal theory of oil and gas was applied along Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha

The Toledo & Ohio Central gained control of the Kanawha & Michigan and the Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad began purchasing the N&W stock

E.M. Carney purchased the Pence Springs property

Kanawha County had the largest population with 54,696 residents.

The largest city in the state was Wheeling with a population of 38,878.

The Lilly family began ownership of the Ruffner Hotel

St. Joseph's Hospital was founded by Patrick J. Donahue

Samuel and Violet Bryant got their first jobs on showboats

James H. Brown's obelisk was erected at Spring Hill Cemetery

Interurban railway operations began in Huntington

Tyler County's oil and gas boom peaked

Wayne County population was at 23,619

Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU

Weston had municipal water plant, sanitary and storm sewer systems and brick paved streets

West Virginia Pulp & Paper began constructing a sawmill in Cass

A nursing school was founded at Wheeling Hospital

The Collins Colliery company store burned

Matthew Whittico moved to Keystone

Buffalo, elk, gray wolf and passenger pigeon had all disappeared from West Virginia

The second courthouse at Winfield was built

Wirt County's population peaked at 10,284

Carter G. Woodson became principal of Douglass High School

The first record of the ballad "The Wreck on the C&O" came out

More than 19,000 black youth, grades 1-12, were provided education by the West Virginia public school system

123rd Fighter Group called to duty in Korean War and moved to Goodman Air Force Base

Pastor Richard E. Shearer assumed presidency of Alderson-Broaddus College (now University)

Ernest Bavely died

The National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement was approved

Sigus Olafson began publishing articles on petroglyphs, the painted trees, Gabriel Arthur and more

A caretaker for Audra State Park was hired

Walter Barnes helped revive the Folklore Society with help from Ruth Ann Musick

Bear Rock Lakes area was opened to fishing

Clair Bee wrote Hoop Crazy

Raleigh Coal & Coke ceased operations

About 25,000 people lived in Bluefield

Everett Lilly appeared on classic bluegrass recordings

Betsy Byars graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, NC

Governor Patteson gave state funds to improve Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park

Walter Eli Clark died

Phil Conley ended his term as president of the West Virginia Publishing Company and founded West Virginia Education Foundation

Name was shortened to West Virginia Council of Churches

Virginia Ruth "Dagmar" Egnor was hired to be on NBC's Broadway Open House

Julius DeGruyter wrote West Virginia: Its Charters and Municipal Affairs

West Virginia's median age was below national average at 26.3 years

Joanne Dru appeared in Wagon Master

Ellis Dungan returned to Hollywood

Fairmont population peaked at 29,346

Fayette County population peaked at 82,443

Floodwall in Parkersburg was completed

Patrick Gainer organized the West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville

Fostoria manufactured 8 million pieces of glass

West Virginia population peaked at 2,005,552

Statewide coal employment peaked at 127,000

The Veterans Administration Medical Center was built in Harrison County

Dave Gideon died

Mechanization and automation in coal mining reduced the number of miners and a decline in UMWA membership

The gates to the Home for the Incurables (now Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital) were removed

Keystone's population was at 2,500

The National Labor Relation board recognized the Employees Security League as the legitimate bargaining agent for Weirton employees

The Linger chair factory moved to Rock Cave

The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers recorded for Cozy Records

Louis Wohinc died

Catherine Marshall published Mr. Jones, Meet The Master

A new science building was constructed at Marshall College (now University)

Jack Maurice became editor of the Charleston Daily Mail

A fourth of McDowell population was black

McDowell population peaked at 98,887

Mine mechanization led to widespread job loss

Major coal companies formed the Bituminous Coal Operators Association

The UMWA and Bituminous Coal Operators Association agreed that the union would not resist mechanization in exchange for a share of the proceeds

Birth rate in West Virginia declined and pace of out-migration accelerated

Traditional coal miners' vacation became formalized with the establishment of Bituminous Coal Operators Association

Mingo County population peaked at 47,409

The National Hillbilly News switched to a smaller format

Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis gave up show business to serve the Lord

Port Amherst Ltd. was acquired by the Amherst Fuel Company

Jack Rollins wrote "Frosty the Snow Man"

Charleston's St. Francis Hospital had 130 beds

Soupy Sales left Huntington

The West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists consisted of 2,000 members

Shepherd College was accredited by the North Central Association

Jim Sprouse studied international law at the University of Bordeaux

The Weirton Independent Union was declared a violation of federal labor law

West Virginia steelworkers numbered 22,596

Joe Stydahar was named head coach of the L.A. Rams

Leon Sullivan began ministry at Zion Baptist church in Philadelphia

Hinton's population was 5,780

West Virginia tobacco production was at 4,000,000 pounds

Richard Talbott stopped serving as state treasurer

Riggleman Hall was constructed at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Welch population peaked at 6,603

Walter Barnes, Patrick Gainer and Ruth Ann Musick revived the West Virginia Folklore Society

Helen Thompson became the Charleston Symphony Orchestra's first full-time executive secretary

Weston's population peaked at 8,945

An outpatient department was opened at Wheeling Hospital

Wildlife biologist tried trapping wild turkeys in the eastern mountains and moving them into other counties

Williamson population peaked at 8,624

Wyoming County population was 37,540

Mullens had a population of 3,544

Hurry-up Yost was inducted to the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame

Morgantown obtained the Tibbs Run Reservoir

President Eisenhower appointed Helen Holt to a new program in the Federal Housing Administration

Appalachian Bible Institute had a student body of 40 and needed more space

Walter Barnes retired as president of the West Virginia Folklore Society

West Virginia physician Joseph E. Martin Jr. insisted black lung was a progressive, terminal disease associated with exposure to coal dust.

W. E. Blackhurst published Riders of the Flood

Improved amplifiers made it possible to offer as many as five cable television channels by the end of the year

Monsanto and Bayer built polyurethane foam plant in New Martinsville

J. R. Clifford remains re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery

Explosion at Jamison No. 9 mine killed 16

Life magazine dedicated 3 pages of photos to Phyllis Curtin's "dance of the seven veils"

Farm Women's Clubs changed names to Home Demonstration clubs

West Virginia State's land grant college status was transferred to WVU

Fairmont State College opened the campus to black students for the first time

Deadly explosion in Consolidation Coal Company's Farmington Mine

The Follansbee steel mill was sold to the Louis Berkman Company

Davis Grubb wrote A Dream of Kings

John T. Willet became commissioner of the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

Harold Hayslett established Hayslett Violins in South Charleston

The West Virginia Turnpike was completed from Princeton to Charleston

The federal government transferred the deed of the Holly River State Park to the state

Garland Wilson died in Paris

Joy Manufacturing Company reported that 72% of all coal loaded mechanically was loaded by Joy loaders

Lakin State Hospital was integrated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional

Harts High School was built at Harts

Marshall College named its buffalo mascot "Marco"

Governor William Marland implemented his no-nonsense policy of public school desegregation following the U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision

Minter Homes Corporation began concentrating on custom millwork, finished lumber, windows, doors and other items for building contractors

Public school districts in Morgantown desegregated

John Norman received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School

The Oak Hill Saturday Night Wrestling television show first aired

Peach production was at 900,000 bushels

The Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative purchased Hardy County Power and Light

Fred Schaus began coaching basketball at WVU

Shepherd College admitted African-American students for the first time

Red Sovine joined the Grand Ole Opry

Morris Harvey College football team participated in the Cigar Bowl in Tampa

Miles Stanley was elected president of the Kanawha Valley Industrial Council

A Turnpike Division was added to the State Police

The Statler hotel chain was purchased by Conrad Hilton

Boyd Stutler left the American Legion magazine

Pope Pius XII bestowed the honorary title of archbishop ad personam on John Swint

Clint Thomas became messenger for the state Senate

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown was founded

WCHS-TV Channel 8 was launched

The Press Association was revived under its original name

The West Virginia State Wildlife Center began evolving as a zoo

Geoffrey Hobday began leading the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

West Virginia dedicated the Charlton Memorial Bridge on the West Virginia Turnpike

The Mountain State Art & Craft Fair began as part of West Virginia's Centennial celebration

South Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing Company took over the VW plant at Charleston Ordnance Center

Stephen Coonts wrote Final Flight

Ken Joseph of Ashland, Kentucky bought the Edwards Moonlight to renovate it as a restaurant

Daniel Boyd released the movie Chillers

The Stonewall Jackson Dam was completed

A report stated that 78% of the state was forested

Henry Louis Gates wrote The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism

Mrs. Ailes retired as assistant editor of the Hampshire Review

The first woman, Bessie Horn, was admitted to the He-Man Club

The state's original interstate system was completed

The state budget was $3.3 billion

William Hoffman wrote By Land By Sea

Girls were again admitted to Linsly school

Lee Maynard published the novel Crum

Louise McNeill published The Milkweed Ladies

Louise McNeill published TheMilkweed Ladies

Richard Osborne was promoted to publisher of the Logan Banner

West Virginia became a charter member of the multi-state "Lotto America" game

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Quick Fire and Slow Fire

The section of the Midland Trail from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston was designated as West Virginia's first state scenic highway

Legislature changed the name of Huntington State Hospital to Huntington Hospital

June Kilgore was honored with the Distinguished West Virginian award by Governor Gaston Caperton

Keith Mailard wrote Hazard Zones

Melvin Lentz chopped a 13-inch horizontal yellow poplar in 18.85 seconds and a 12-inch yellow poplar vertical block in 15.97 seconds

Andy Davis began working in antique style with solid core, diachronic, and mica-flake designs glass marbles

The Moundsville State Penitentiary closed

Randy Moss was chosen West Virginia high school football player of the year

The Woodlands Institute changed its name to Mountain Institute

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence was revived in Project Phoenix

State Parks administration was returned to Natural Resources from the Division of Tourism

Donald Rasmussen was named "Civil Libertarian of the Year" by the West Virginia Civil Liberties Union.

The Night of the Hunter was adapted for television

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde resumed editorship of the Wonderful West Virginia under a private contract

D-Mac Industries bought the nail plant and began operating it as Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company

The Robert C. Byrd Clinic opened at the School of Osteopathic Medicine

David Price was hired as Library Commission executive secretary

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Saving Shiloh, the last of the Shiloh trilogy

Richard Curry wrote Lost Highway

The International Documentary Association created the Pare Lorentz Award to honor the best documentary film of the year

Video slot machines began operating at Charles Town Racetrack

The West Virginia Graduate College in South Charleston merged with Marshall University

Robert Drasnin recorded an album of standards titled The Blue Dahlias

Butch Miles rejoined the Count Basie Orchestra

Vicky Bullett began playing for the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.

Henry Louis Gates edited Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and the African-American Experience

Mountains and Music was published by the University of Illinois Press

A golf course was added to the Hawks Nest State Park

John Hendricks formed the Womens United Soccer Association

Homer Hickam published his first novel, Back to the Moon

William Hoffman published Doors

William Hoffman won the Dashiell Hammett Prize for Tidewater Blood

The 42-megawatt facility on the Ohio River at Belleville began producing electricity

Charles James III sold the James Produce Company

First National Bank of Keystone was closed by federal agencies

Keith Mailard published Gloria

Jedediah Purdy published For Common Things

Melvin Lentz and Paul Cogar cut an 8x8 yellow poplar log through two times in 5.08 seconds using a crosscut saw

Ellie Mannette received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

Mount Olive Prison began operating above capacity

City of Morgantown agreed to lease the Tibbs Run Reservoir property to West Virginia Botanic Garden

Ceredo had 1,675 residents

Charleston population fell to 53,421

Clay Foundation assets at $67 million

Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

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

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