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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
Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 30,676. [1] Its county seat is New Cumberland. Hancock County is the farthest north in the state, being at the tip of the state's Northern Panhandle. It was created from Brooke County in 1848, and named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Hancock County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1848 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | 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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| 1854 | Marriage 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 | 4,050
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| 1860 | 4,445
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| 1870 | 4,363
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| 1880 | 4,882
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| 1890 | 6,414
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| 1900 | 6,693
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| 1910 | 10,465
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| 1920 | 19,975
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| 1930 | 28,511
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| 1940 | 31,572
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| 1950 | 34,388
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| 1960 | 39,615
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| 1970 | 39,749
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| 1980 | 40,418
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| 1990 | 35,233
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Research Tips
Text from Hancock County, Virginia Page
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Hancock County, Virginia was formed in 1848 from part of Brooke County, Virginia. It became part of the State of West Virginia in 1863 when it achieved statehood in 1863 at the outbreak of the Civil War.
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