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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bath County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,048. Its county seat is Warm Springs6. It is home to the Bath County Pumped Storage Station, a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant. The Homestead, a luxury mountain resort, is in Hot Springs. The resort grew around the area's natural hot mineral springs, such as the Jefferson Pools.
History
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Bath County was established on December 14, 1790 from Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier counties. The county is named for the English resort city of Bath.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1791 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1791 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1791 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1791 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1791 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 5,508
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| 1810 | 4,837
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| 1820 | 5,237
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| 1830 | 4,002
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| 1840 | 4,300
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| 1850 | 3,426
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| 1860 | 3,676
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| 1870 | 3,795
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| 1880 | 4,482
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| 1890 | 4,587
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| 1900 | 5,595
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| 1910 | 6,538
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| 1920 | 6,389
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| 1930 | 8,137
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| 1940 | 7,191
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| 1950 | 6,296
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| 1960 | 5,335
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| 1970 | 5,192
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| 1980 | 5,860
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| 1990 | 4,799
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