Place:Mason, West Virginia, United States
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NameMason
Alt namesMasonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.8°N 82°W
Located inWest Virginia, United States     (1863 - )
Also located inVirginia, United States     (1804 - 1863)
See alsoJackson, West Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kanawha, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Putnam, West Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Big Spruce Cemetery
District
Cooper
Inhabited place
Ambrosia
Apple Grove
Arbuckle
Arlee
Ashton
Baden
Beech Hill
Bellmeade
Ben Lomond
Brighton
Buffalo
Capehart
Clifton
Couch
Elmwood
Evans
Fairview
Fivemile
Flatrock
Gallipolis Ferry
Gallipolis
Glenwood
Greer
Grimms Landing
Gunville
Hartford City
Heights
Henderson
Hogsett
Lakin
Leon
Letart
Longdale
Maggie
Mason
Mohrtown
Mount Olive
New Haven
Otia ( 1891 - 1920 )
Pike Hill
Point Pleasant
Rayburn
Redmond
Rollins
Santown
Sassafras
Southside
Tribble
Upland
Upper Flats
Waterloo
West Columbia
Wyoma
Populated place
Mercers Bottom
Unknown
Wood
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,324. Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Before the Civil War, the county was in the State of Virginia.

Mason County is part of the Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1803 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1804 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1805 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1805 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1806 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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
1810 1,991
1820 4,868
1830 6,534
1840 6,777
1850 7,539
1860 9,173
1870 15,978
1880 22,293
1890 22,863
1900 24,142
1910 23,019
1920 21,459
1930 20,788
1940 22,270
1950 23,537
1960 24,459
1970 24,306
1980 27,045
1990 25,178
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Mason County, West Virginia, United States

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Research Tips

List of Mason County Cemeteries at USGenWeb: http://www.wvgenweb.org/mason/cemeteries/cemeteries.html

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Text from Mason County, Virginia Page

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Mason County, Virginia was founded in 1803 from a portion of Kanawha County, Virginia. It later became part of West Virginia when it achieved statehood in 1863.

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