All Counties Notes
Central Counties
Babcock and Hawks Nest State Parks are found here
Fayette
This county is the location for Holly River State Park
Webster
The county seat of this county is Elizabeth
Wirt
The Battle of Scary Creek was fought in this county
Putnam
The county seat of this county is Spencer
Roane
The State Game Farm at French Creek is found here
Upshur
Jackson’s Mill is located in this county
Lewis
The State Capital is located here
Kanawha
The Summersville Reservoir is found here
Nicholas
The geographic center of the state, Sutton is the County Seat
Braxton
Originated the Golden Delicious Apple
Clay
Named for the South Carolina Statesman
Calhoun
Glenville State College is found here
Gilmer
Eastern Panhandle Counties
Most Eastern County
Jefferson
Second oldest county, site of Bunker Hill - 1st permanent settlement
Berkeley
Cacapon State Park is found here
Morgan
Lost River State Park is found here
Hardy
Blackwater Falls is in this county
Tucker
Spruce Knob, the highest point in the state is located here
Pendleton
The Oldest County in the state
Hampshire
Named because of the resources found here
Mineral
Named for the Union General,location of the Fairfax Stone
Grant
Largest County in the state
Randolph
Northeastern Counties
North Bend State Park is found here
Ritchie
The Mothers’ Day Shrine is at Grafton
Taylor
Alderson- Broaddus College is found here
Barbour
Home of J.H. Diss DeBar, designer of the Great Seal
Doddridge
Named for the father of the 9th President
Harrison
Named for the Indian word meaning “river of the crumbling banks”
Monongalia
Named after the “Swamp Fox”
Marion
Cooper’s Rock State Park is found here
Preston
Ohio River Counties
Smallest county in the state
Hancock
County with the first Grimes Golden apple tree
Brooke
Named for the longest river in the state
Ohio
Named for the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Marshall
Named for the Indian Fighter
Wetzel
location of the Worlds Greatest Gas Well”Big Moses”
Tyler
St. Marys is this county’s County Seat
Pleasants
Blennerhasset Island
Wood
Named for the 7th President
Jackson
Named for the author of the Constitution of Virginia
Mason
Its county seat was moved from Barboursville to Huntington
Cabell
The most western county
Wayne
Southern Counties
Most Southern and Largest Coal Producing County
McDowell
Location of Pinnacle Rock State Park
Mercer
Youngest county, named for the Indian Tribe
Mingo
Location of Bluestone Lake
Summers
Delaware Indian word meaning “large plains”
Wyoming
Named for the hunter and explorer
Boone
Second Largest, named for the river
Greenbrier
Named for the Chief of the Mingo tribe
Logan
Named for the 5th President
Monroe
Named for the Indian Princess
Pocahontas
Named for the explorer, location of Grandview State Park
Raleigh
Named for the Civil War President
Lincoln