Place:Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

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NameRaleigh
Alt namesRaleighsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.75°N 81.25°W
Located inWest Virginia, United States     (1863 - )
Also located inVirginia, United States     (1850 - 1863)
See alsoFayette, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Beaver
Bradley
Coal City
Crab Orchard
Daniels
MacArthur
Piney View
Prosperity
Shady Spring
Stanaford
Inhabited place
Abney
Abraham
Ameagle
Amigo
Arnett
Artie
Beckley
Besoco
Birchton
Blue Jay
Bolt
Bragg
Cabell
Cedar
Circle View
Cirtsville
Clear Creek
Clifftop
Colcord
Cool Ridge
Cranberry
Crow
Dameron
Dillon
Dorothy
Dry Creek
Dry Hill
Eastgulf
Eccles
Edwight
Egeria
Emerson
Epperly
Eunice
Fairdale
Fireco
Fitzpatrick
Friendly View
Ghent
Glen Daniel
Glen Morgan
Glen View
Glen White
Grandview
Harper Heights
Harper
Helen
Hoohoo
Hotchkiss
Hotcoal
Jarrolds Valley
Jonben
Josephine
Killarney
Lanark
Leevale
Lego
Lester
Lillybrook
Lynwinn
Mabscott
Madeline
Maple Fork
Maple Meadow
Masseyville
Maynor
McAlpin
McCreery
Mead
Midway
Montcoal
Mount Tabor
Naoma
Odd
Packsville
Pemberton
Pettry Bottom
Pettus
Pickshin
Pineknob
Pluto
Posey
Princewick
Raleigh
Redbird
Rhodell
Rock Creek
Saxon
Shiloh
Skelton
Slab Fork
Sophia
Sprague
Stickney
Stonecoal Junction
Stotesbury
Stover
Sullivan
Sundial
Surveyor
Sweeneyburg
Table Rock
Tams
Terry
Tilden
Trap Hill
Ury
Warden
Whitby
White Oak
Wickham
Willibet
Winding Gulf
Woodpeck
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Raleigh County, founded in 1850, is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 78,859. [1] Its county seat is Beckley.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1850 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 1,765
1860 3,367
1870 3,673
1880 7,367
1890 9,597
1900 12,436
1910 25,633
1920 42,482
1930 68,072
1940 86,687
1950 96,273
1960 77,826
1970 70,080
1980 86,821
1990 76,819
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