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Place Information Name Ritchie Alternate names Ritchie     (Getty Vocabulary Program) Type County Coordinates 39.167°N 81.083°W Located in West Virginia, United States     (1842 - ) See also Harrison, West Virginia, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Lewis, West Virginia, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Pleasants, West Virginia, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Wood, West Virginia, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Contained Places Larger map Inhabited place Auburn Beatrice Beech Grove Berea Burnt House Cairo Cantwell Cisco Cokeleys Cornwallis Dutchman Ellenboro Eva Finch Five Forks Fonzo Girta Glendale Goffs Hannahdale Harrisville Hartley Hazelgreen Highland Holbrook Lamberton Lawford League Low Gap Macfarlan Mahone Mellin Mountain Nutter Farm Oxbow Pennsboro Petroleum Pew Hill Pike Prunty Pullman Racy Riverside Rusk Rutherford Sandhill Six Hill Slab Smithville Stanley Thursday Toll Gate Washburn Watching Page

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names source: Family History Library Catalog the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia Ritchie County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 10,343. Its county seat is Harrisville6. [edit section] Timeline Date Event Source 1842 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1843 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1843 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1844 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1844 Land 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 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 [edit section] Population History source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 Census Year Population 1850 3,902 1860 6,847 1870 9,055 1880 13,474 1890 16,621 1900 18,901 1910 17,875 1920 16,506 1930 15,594 1940 15,389 1950 12,535 1960 10,877 1970 10,145 1980 11,442 1990 10,233 [edit section] Research Tips This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc. This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Ritchie County, West Virginia. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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