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| Name | Randolph |
| Alt names | Randolph | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.767°N 79.833°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1787 - 1863) |
| See also | Barbour, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lewis, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nicholas, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Tucker, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Webster, West Virginia, United States | Child 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
Randolph County founded in 1787, in honor of Edmund Jennings Randolph, is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,405. [1] Its county seat is Elkins.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1787 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1787 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1787 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1787 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1787 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1856 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1790 | 951
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| 1800 | 1,826
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| 1810 | 2,854
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| 1820 | 3,357
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| 1830 | 5,000
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| 1840 | 6,208
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| 1850 | 5,243
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| 1860 | 4,990
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| 1870 | 5,563
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| 1880 | 8,102
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| 1890 | 11,633
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| 1900 | 17,670
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| 1910 | 26,028
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| 1920 | 26,804
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| 1930 | 25,049
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| 1940 | 30,259
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| 1950 | 30,558
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| 1960 | 26,349
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| 1970 | 24,596
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| 1980 | 28,734
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| 1990 | 27,803
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Text from Randolph County, Virginia Page
[Randolph County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Randolph County, Virginia was established in 1787 from part of Harrison County. It became part of West Virginia when it became a state in 1863.
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