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1807
Thomas Harris moved his family to Harrisville Other events that happened on or around 1807 Aaron Burr and accomplice Harman Blennerhassett were arrested Alexander Campbell's father, Thomas Campbell, migrated to Washington, Pennsylvania Patrick Gass published his journals from the Lewis and Clark expedition Felix Grundy resigned from the Kentucky Supreme Court Joseph Johnson acquired additional acreage on Simpson Creek Kingwood was settled Bishop James Madison's maps appeared The Wheeling Repository was established William Parsons built the first road between Clarksburg and Point Pleasant Thomas Harris moved westward from Clarksburg The Halcyon Church declined Levi Shinn died Johann Stifel was born James Caldwell land in West Union (Doddridge County) was sold, and settled by Nathan, William, and Joseph Davis Alexander Henderson exposed the treasonous plans of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett
1822
Harrisville was laid out by Thomas Harris Other events that happened on or around 1822 Martin Delany family was forced to flee Virginia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for violating black education law The first Western Virginia cut-nail machinery was installed at Ices Ferry Ironworks The first Catholic church in West Virginia was established in Wheeling by German and Irish parishioners Covered bridges over the Greenbrier and Gauley rivers opened Joseph Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives Bounties paid for gray wolves were discontinued Organ Cave was owned by John Rogers Robert W. Simmons was born at Fredericksburg Williamstown was chartered Elizabeth was chartered by the General Assembly
1832
Harrisville was chartered Other events that happened on or around 1832 John Augustine Washington II died, leaving Blakeley to John A. Washington III Allen Taylor Caperton married Harriet Echols Claude Crozet ended his service in Virginia Shrewsbury and Dickinson established the John Q. Dickinson salt furnace in Malden Charles Faulkner spoke publicly for the gradual elimination of slavery Wardensville was chartered in Hardy County A fire destroyed most of the original interior wood trim of Holly Grove Capon Iron Works was built by James Sterrett The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was completed to the Ohio River A branch of the Bank of Virginia was chartered in the Kanawha Valley Charles James Faulkner gave his account of the boundary dispute between Maryland and Virginia The first Mormon missionaries entered Cabell County Moundsville was established on land by Simeon Purdy The first courthouse at Ripley was built The first post office in Ripley opened Lydia Shepherd married Daniel Cruger after her former husband's death James "Bad Jim" Vance was born Jacob Van Meter of Hardy County abandoned the vernacular tradition house with his house in the Greek Revival style John Augustine Washington died William Wirt was a presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic Party
1833
Harrisville's first post office opened Other events that happened on or around 1833 Dr. Sydenham Herford graduated from Jefferson Medical College A high school was established in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glenville The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal came to Harpers Ferry Samuel Kercheval published A History of the Valley of Virginia in Winchester Point Pleasant was incorporated Buffalo was laid out and incorporated The Red Sulphur Springs property was purchased by Dr. William Burke The town of Solus (present Harrisville) became known by that name John Stuart's book Memoir of Indian Wars and Other Occurrences was published Sam Vinson was born Waitman Willey began law practice in Morgantown
1844
The first courthouse of Ritchie County was built Other events that happened on or around 1844 Samuel Black was ordained a deacon Jacob Blair was admitted to the bar Wills De Hass acquired the Grave Creek tablet and skull when the Grave Creek Mound Museum closed The Methodists split Weston's first church building was erected The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was created in present West Virginia Four dams were built upstream from Pittsburgh on the Monongahela The Spirit of Jeffersonnewspaper began in Charles Town Philippi was chartered. The city of Smithville was planned The first post office in Roane County was established in Walton John C. Calhoun visited the Salt Sulphur Springs Cedar Grove was built Pruntytown became the county seat of Taylor County Laura Jackson married Jonathon Arnold and settled in Beverly
1874
The first courthouse was replaced in Ritchie County Other events that happened on or around 1874 Alexander Boteler ran unsuccessfully for Congress Col. George Imboden bought the house known as Contentment in Ansted Rebecca Davis wrote John Andross William Dawson was elected chairman of the Preston County Republican committee Alexander Donaghho started a pottery operation Congress ordered a survey of the Guyandotte River William Harvey began practicing law in Huntington Hinton was laid out and lots sold Investors erected a coke-fueled blast furnace along the C&O railway William C. Kelly began making axes in Kentucky John Birch became principal of Linsly School Steamboats began travel from Parkersburg upriver to Palestine (Wirt County) on the Little Kanawha The U.S. Congress authorized a survey of the Big Sandy and Tug and Levisa forks to determine the feasibility of building locks and dams Henry Clay Ragland arrived in Logan The town of Hurricane was established as Hurricane station after the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad was completed. Henry Ragland moved to Logan. Shepherd University had 160 students A group of shotgun cottages were built for workers of the Central Glass Company and the Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad Alexander Wade implemented the a plan for the rural elementary education James O. Watson's coal mine partnership with Francis H. Pierpont was dissolved The West Virginia Baptist Association was formed The Education Association's first recorded constitution and bylaws were drafted and adopted The Wheeling Diocese claimed 46 churches 7 chapels, 9 schools seminary, hospital 31 priests and 109 women religious Four locks and dams were completed by the Little Kanawha Navigation Company The first public high school diplomas issued in the state were awarded to Parkersburg High School graduates City of Huntington purchased the property from the Central Land Company, owned by Collis P. Huntington
1875
The Pennsboro & Harrisville Railroad was built Other events that happened on or around 1875 The name of the Winchester Female Institute was changed to Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) Johnson Camden and his partners quietly sold to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Marmaduke Dent was admitted to the bar Stephen Elkins married Hallie Davis Elkins Aretas Fleming left the House of Delegates Remains from the Foreman party were transferred to Mount Roase Cemetery Oil was first struck in Glenville The Grange had 20,000 lodges and 800,000 members in the country The Lewisburg Academy reopened after closing during the Civil War Courthouse in Hamlin was constructed The House of Delegates impeached Treasurer John Burdett The American Ancient Order of Hibernians started a division in Wheeling The capital was moved from Charleston to Wheeling Harriet Jones graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek James Kay married Julia Ballintyne Wheeling became known as the Nail City because of La Belle Ironworks The legislature was required to met biennially President Alexander Martin left WVU A bill providing for better ventilation in the mines had been first introduced in legislature The Morrow family moved to Pittsburgh Johnson Newlon Camden joined John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust The Sentinel was founded as the Parkersburg Weekly Sentinel by Robert Hornor. Reported 14 baptisms at St. John's Chapel The first band sawmill began operation in West Virginia Nathan Scott moved to Wheeling Alexander Wade was elected Monongalia County school superintendent Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Institute Cassville was chartered Ernest T. Weir was born I.C. White earned a masters degree at WVU Woodlawn Cemetery began as a private family burial ground
1894
A high school was established in Harrisville Other events that happened on or around 1894 Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) accepted its first male students Cyrus Thomas published Report on the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology. Newton Diehl Baker received law degree from Washington and Lee University New bridges were constructed in Harpers Ferry and some of the remaining Bollman trusses were converted to highway use Evening Mail became morning paper after George Warren sold to John B. Floyd Democratic Supremacy in West Virginia ended John Cornwell passed the bar exam John Dickinson became the first director of the West Virginia Bankers Association John Hardy was hanged at Welch for killing a man in a card game Pennsylvania Glass Sand Company began mining Oriskany sand in the same geological formation in Pennsylvania about 80 miles north of Morgan County, West Virginia The Easton Roller Mill replaced buhrs with steam power and rollers Only about half of state miners participated in a nationwide strike by UMWA The American Ancient Order of Hibernians peaked in West Virginia with 647 men in 12 Hibernian divisions Elmer Jacobs set up practice in Morgantown John Dickinson became cashier of the Kanawha Valley Bank Kenova was incorporated as a town The city of Welch was incorporated John McWhorter received a law degree from WVU law school The B&O branch in Morgantown extended to Connellsville, Pennsylvania The first two nurses at Wheeling City Hospital Training School received their diplomas Livia Simpson Poffenbarger married George Poffenbarger. The first Presbyterian Church was formed in Williamson. Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Donahue was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling Telephone switchboards were installed at Fairmont The Big Moses gas well was drilled Clarence W. Watson married Minnie Lee Owings Kenova was chartered The Historical Society was given larger quarters for its museum and library at the Capitol The National Guard was activated for service in areas of labor unrest Westvaco opened headquarters in New York City Albert White managed the U.S. Senate campaign of Stephen B. Elkins
1895
Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County, was named in honor of Thomas Harris Other events that happened on or around 1895 The Bluefield DailyJournal closed Land purchased for $24,757 for Cabell County Courthouse Huntington established Chamber of Commerce Reuben Gold Thwaites edition of Chronicles of Border Warfare was published, which provides corrections to some errors of fact or interpretation Clay was incorporated $20,000 appropriated for new academic building at what is now known as Concord University John William Davis (originally from Clarksburg) graduated from law school at Washington and Lee Bethany Chapter of Delta Tau Delta ceased activity Distinct historic courthouse was built in Fayetteville Jack Glasscock returned to Wheeling to manage and play for Wheeling Base Ball Club The Montgomery Preparatory School (West Virginia University Institute of Technology) was founded Lewis County's first high school was established Joseph Long sold the Herald West Virginia passed a law preventing railroad from engaging in the business of buying and selling coal A formal community of Orthodox Christians was founded in Bluefield Michael Owens had perfected machinery for blowing tumblers, light bulbs and lamp chimneys Extensive timbering began along the Pocatalico River A timber company began extensive operations on the waters of Pocatalico which added to Poca's growth. Morris Shawkey came to West Virginia as professor of education at West Virginia Wesleyan College E. M. Statler left the McLure House for Buffalo, New York Ephraim Wells opened the Wells Hotel in Sistersville The Virginia was built in Cincinnati Ralph Weinberg was born in Baltimore The McDowell County courthouse at Welch was constructed Welch population was at 300 Agnes Westbrook Morrison was the first woman to graduate from College of Law at WVU Agnes Howard Hall, now on the Register of Historic Places, was built as a residence for women at West Virginia Wesleyan College Williamson became the county seat of Mingo County William Wilson became postmaster general under President Cleveland's cabinet Hurry-up Yost played tackle on the WVU football team A.S. Withers wrote an early report of Betty Zane's save of Fort Henry in Chronicles of Border Warfare
Sep 30, 1906
Thomas Harris died in Harrisville
1909
The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis Other events that happened on or around 1909 R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Broaddus Institute (now Alderson-Broaddus College) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Rosa Pelham returned to the castle The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital" Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down Camp Dawson was established Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer Huntington annexed Central City Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature Michael Owens began his own company to manufacture bottles in Fairmont and Clarksburg Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery Lincoln County destroyed by fire City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek Keystone was incorporated George Kossuth opened his own photography studio Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls. Princeton was chartered as a city The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields. Ritchie Mines were abandoned A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant A steel strike in Wheeling failed Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University) The Western Maryland Railway company was organized White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens
1916
John T. Harris produced the first volume of the West Virginia Blue Book Other events that happened on or around 1916 Kanawha Park was built in Charleston for baseball Kanawha Park was built for baseball Beckley street paving began Newton Diehl Baker was appointed Secretary of War by President Wilson Izetta Brown took over management of Preston County farm and established modern dairy operation after husband's death Elk River Coal & Lumber Company built a sawmill at Swandale Col. E. G. Via bought the Camden Park George Carter moved to Coalwood The first fire towers were erected Fairmont High School class wrote Marion County in the Making Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company located one of its main plants in Clarksburg Letter from former Governor MacCorkle to state archivist Henry S. Green confuses John Hardy with John Henry The West Virginia Asylum name changed to Huntington State Hospital The company town of Itmann was built Fanny Johnson published her only novel, The Beloved Son Libbey-Owens-Ford built its large plate glass plant in Kanawha City Herman Kump was defeated for prosecuting attorney Blanche Lazzell began working in the method of single block color print Howard B. Lee began serving as Mercer County prosecuting attorney William Alexander MacCorkle wrote The White Sulphur Springs Joseph Long became the postmaster of Huntington Sam Mallison became city editor of the Clarksburg Telegram Publication of the Market Bulletin began when James H. Stewart was agriculture commissioner The Tilton family regained ownership of the Marlinton Opera House John McGraw was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention Six passenger trains a day operated from Charleston to Blakeley on Kellys Creek 12 passenger trains a day were scheduled into Charleston The Point Pleasant Register became a daily Michael Owens launched a Charleston glass factory Paden City was incorporated Pendleton Land Company took over Paden City Pottery The Wyoming County courthouse was built Rat Rodgers was named to the All-American teams Socialists controlled both District 29 and District 17 of the UMWA The Charleston Interurban Railroad was built to Cabin Creek The earliest recorded instance of surface mining in West Virginia occurred The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia was incorporated The USS Huntington was on the West Coast The National Guard was activated after a call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border The National Guard was activated in call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border Statewide constitutional referendum for women's suffrage passed Carter G. Woodson began publication of the Journal of Negro History A courthouse at Pineville was built Frank Reeves received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
1923
The present Ritchie County courthouse was completed Other events that happened on or around 1923 Evangelist Billy Sunday stayed at Aracoma Hotel Shepherd Field, Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, opened Walter Barnes wrote New Democracy in the Teaching of English The Beckley Register began publishing a Sunday issue Son William H. and wife joined William J. Blenko in Milton at his first factory Maurice Brooks graduated from WVU with a B.A. West Virginia's first commercial radio station WRVC began broadcasting in the Huntington area Thomas Carr retired from Carr China Company First baccalaureate degrees were awarded at Concord State Normal School (now Concord University) Phil Conley founded the West Virginia Publishing Company The last Democratic majority until 1930 The beaver was extirpated for its fur John Harrington Cox received his Ph.D. from Harvard Julia Davis married William McMillan Adams Rev. Robert Edward Lee Strider was consecrated bishop coadjutor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling Fairmont State was authorized for four-year program but must confine to training teachers Cooperative agricultural marketing law was passed U.S. Coal Commission report awarded Gary 90 out of 100 points for cleanliness, urban amenities and safety consideration The current courthouse was completed in Glenville School name was changed from Lewisburg Seminary to Greenbrier College for Women Lost Creek was the largest cattle shipping point on the B&O system Homer Holt received a law degree from Washington and Lee University Construction of the large Itmann Company Store began Ella Mae Turner published compilation Stories and Verses of West Virginia Herman Kump left office as mayor of Elkins The State Hospital for the Colored Insane and the State Industrial School for Colored boys were established in Lakin Hu Maxwell wrote A Tree History of the United States Margaret Montague published Deep Channel Herbert Chester became publisher of the Morgantown Post Huntington First (Church of the Nazarene) was established in the Charleston-Huntington corridor and is the oldest congregation in that area Henry Ford built the world's largest incline tipple Herschel Ogden bought the Martinsburg Journal Okey Patteson married Lee Hawse. Maceo Pinkard helped set up Duke Ellington's first recording session. The first land for the Monongahala National Forest in Pocahontas County was acquired Jennings Randolph was elected to Salem College's board of trustees. The Wm. M. Ritter Lumber Company acquired the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coal company Walton High School was established Thomas Reynolds built the Majestic showboat Weirton Steel added another sheet plant P. D. Strausbaugh became head of the department of botany at WVU Festus Summers earned an A.B. at WVU Howard Sutherland's term in the U.S. Senate ended Clint Thomas began a stint with the Philadelphia Hillsdale Giants baseball team W. W. Trent became editor of the West Virginia School Journal The West Virginia State Wildlife Center was established at French Creek Ralph Weinberg married Ida Effron Wheeling Bank & Trust Company acquired the Bank of the Ohio Valley The Northern Teachers' Association ended The Game and Fish Commission purchased property in Upshur County The West Virginian Hotel was built in Bluefield Patty Willis exhibited her work at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, DC Lenna Yost represented the U.S. at international congresses against alcoholism in Denmark Hack Wilson began playing for the New York Giants
1924
Another school was built in Harrisville Other events that happened on or around 1924 Elementary school and junior high schools numbered 453 for African-American students and teachers Mary Atkeson wrote The Woman on the Farm The number of banks in West Virginia peaked at 225 state banks and 125 national banks Walter Barnes wrote The Children's Poets The Evening Post, Beckley's first daily newspaper, was established UMWA President Keeney and Secretary Treasurer Mooney were forced to retire Izetta Brown seconded Davis again for nomination Izetta Brown again defeated for U.S. Senate, this time by William Edwin Chilton Chauncey H. Browning graduated from WVU John W. Davis Democratic candidate for president Matthew Wesley Clair Sr. returned to Washington for a visit Association changed its name to West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis failed to carry home state West Virginia Huntington's Frederick Douglass Junior and Senior High School was built Patrick Gainer recorded folk songs and lore of West Virginia's people Construction of the Governor's Mansion began Major flood brought devastation Record floods hit Hardy County The Concord College He-Man Club began as picnic to honor retiring college president Christopher Columbus Rossey The hemlock wooly adelgid was first reported in the Western United States Colonel Joseph Long bought a corner lot in Huntington to erect a building for his paper, the Herald-Dispatch The UMWA had lost half of its members in West Virginia and was nearly bankrupt The Huntington Post-Herald became a daily newspaper Homer Holt married Isabel Wood of Charlottesville, Virginia Rush Holt graduated from Salem College Cheat Lake construction began, created primarily for the production of electricity Carmine Pelligrino of Rosemont held record of mining 66 tons of coal in 24 hours The Jackson's Mill property was donated to the state of West Virginia Ray Wetzel was born in Parkersburg Mother Jones called on Governor Morgan for pardons for miners imprisoned after the Logan March Out-of-state KKK publication carried reports from several West Virginia location The Ku Klux Klan marched through Hinton Howard B. Lee left office as Mercer County prosecuting attorney Carnegie library was established in Hinton Howard M. Gore became assistant secretary of agriculture Mountain lions were declared extinct Walter Martens designed the Science and Liberal Arts halls of Davis & Elkins College Clarence Cameron White was named director of music at West Virginia State College The Concrete Steel Bridge Company of Clarksburg had 52 separate construction teams in the field The Metropolitan Theater in downtown Morgantown opened Fred Mooney left as secretary-treasurer of UMWA District 17 The first Mountaineer Field opened The Clarke-McNary law was passed by Congress authorizing the purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands for the production of timber in addition to the flow regulation of navigable streams Records of chicken production began. The West Virginia Public Health Association was organized. Jennings Randolph graduated from Salem College. Walter Reuther began work as apprentice tool and die maker at Wheeling Steel Leonard Riggleman accepted a pastorate in Milton William Ritter made headline for sharing $3 million in company stock with his employees Money from the John B. Crowley estate paid for a new addition to St. Francis Hospital A second wing was added to St. Joseph's Hospital The state built a fire tower in Seneca State Forest A merger agreement between Sheltering Arms Hospital and Charleston General Hospital fell through Ada "Bricktop" Smith performed in Paris West Virginia Wesleyan defeated Navy, Syracuse, Kentucky in football The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference began Seneca State Forest became the first state forest in West Virginia P. D. Strausbaugh and colleagues collected, mounted and filed the nucleus of a new plant collection for WVU The Blackwater Boom & Lumber Company closed All lumber operations in Tucker County closed due to depletion of original forest Membership in the United Brethren Parkersburg Conference was 10,337 Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney resigned from the UMWA Ward Engineering built the Greenbrier, a sternweel towboat
1929
The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad ceased to run to Cornwallis in Ritchie County Other events that happened on or around 1929 Don Chafin moved to Huntington Charleston National Bank had merged with five other banks Clarksburg reached peak population at 35,115 Justus Collins consolidated mining properties into Winding Gulf Collieries Company Phil Conley published the first West Virginia Encyclopedia Coal companies collapsed, and Consolidation Coal went into receivership Charleston's Daniel Boone hotel was built by the Community Hotel Corporation West Virginia Collegiate Institute became West Virginia State College Otis Rymer Snodgrass released West Virginia the State Beautiful, a film Guy B. Johnson published John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend Earl T. Andrews was assigned to design and construct a Berkeley plant by Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation The Golden Horseshoe Contest started by Phil Conley All but one of the county seats had at least one hard-surfaced outlet
1994
The school in Harrisville was closed Other events that happened on or around 1994 Hazel Dickens received the first Merit Award for contribution to bluegrass by International Bluegrass Music Association William Brotherton was the chief justice of the state supreme court J. Davitt McAteer became head of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Stephen Coonts wrote The Intruders Ellis Dungan was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame Floods occurred despite the Burnsville Dam There were rowboats on Main Street in Glenville because of flood
2000
Harrisville held a population of 1,842 Other events that happened on or around 2000 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 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 View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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