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Name | Ritchie |
Alt names | Ritchie | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 39.167°N 81.083°W |
Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
Also located in | Virginia, United States (1842 - 1863) |
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) |
- 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 in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,449. Its county seat is Harrisville. The county was created in 1843 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Richmond newspaper publisher Thomas Ritchie.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1842 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1843 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1843 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1844 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1844 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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1850 | 3,902
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1860 | 6,847
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1870 | 9,055
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1880 | 13,474
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1890 | 16,621
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1900 | 18,901
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1910 | 17,875
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1920 | 16,506
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1930 | 15,594
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1940 | 15,389
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1950 | 12,535
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1960 | 10,877
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1970 | 10,145
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1980 | 11,442
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1990 | 10,233
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Research Tips
Ritchie County USGenWeb site has a list of all the cemeteries in Ritchie with some links to photos of the gravestones: http://www.wvgenweb.org/ritchie/rccem.htm
Text from Ritchie County, Virginia Page
[Ritchie County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Ritchie County, Virginia was founded in 1843, formed from portions of Harrison, Lewis and Wood Counties. It became part of the state of West Virginia, when it achieved statehood in 1863.
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