List of West Virginia county name etymologies

This is a list of West Virginia county name etymologies.

B

* 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.

C

* 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.

D

* Doddridge County: Doddridge is named for Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge.

F

* Fayette County: Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette.

G

* 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.

H

* 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.

J

* Jackson County: Jackson is named for U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
* Jefferson County: Jefferson is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

K

* Kanawha County: Kanawha is named for the Kanawha River.

L

* 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.

M

* 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.

N

* Nicholas County: Nicholas is named for Governor of Virginia Wilson Cary Nicholas.

O

* Ohio County: Ohio is named for the Ohio River.

P

* 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.

R

* 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.

T

* 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.

U

* Upshur County: Upshur is named for U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Upshur.

W

* 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".

ource

* [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/places.html Origins of West Virginia Place Names]

ee also

*West Virginia
*List of West Virginia counties
*County (United States)
*Lists of U.S. county name etymologies