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| Name | Doddridge |
| Alt names | Doddridge | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 39.267°N 80.7°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1845 - 1863) |
| See also | Harrison, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lewis, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Tyler, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wood, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Doddridge County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,202. Its county seat is West Union. Doddridge County was created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties, and named for Philip Doddridge (1773–1832), a distinguished of Western Virginia, who spent the greater part of his life in Brooke County, West Virginia.
Doddridge County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1845 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1845 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1845 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1845 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | 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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| 1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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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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| 1850 | 2,750
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| 1860 | 5,203
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| 1870 | 7,076
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| 1880 | 10,552
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| 1890 | 12,183
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| 1900 | 13,689
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| 1910 | 12,672
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| 1920 | 11,976
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| 1930 | 10,488
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| 1940 | 10,923
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| 1950 | 9,026
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| 1960 | 6,970
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| 1970 | 6,389
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| 1980 | 7,433
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| 1990 | 6,994
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