Place:Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

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Name	Raleigh
Alt names	Raleigh	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Type	County
Coordinates	37.75°N 81.25°W
Located in	West Virginia, United States (1863 - )
Also located in	Virginia, United States (1850 - 1863)
See also	Fayette, West Virginia, United States	Parent 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; Coal River ( 1850 - ); 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 Hope; Mount Tabor; Naoma; Odd; Packsville; Pemberton; Pettry Bottom; Pettus; Pickshin; Pineknob; Pluto; Posey; Princewick; Raleigh; Redbird; Rhodell; Rock Creek; Sand Lick; 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

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Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. Its county seat is Beckley. The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.

1 Timeline
2 Population History
3 Cemeteries
4 Research Tips
5 Resources

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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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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States

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Research Tips

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Resources

Raleigh County WVGenWeb

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

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