Place:Wirt, West Virginia, United States
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NameWirt
Alt namesWirtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.033°N 81.35°W
Located inWest Virginia, United States     (1863 - )
Also located inVirginia, United States     (1848 - 1863)
See alsoJackson, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Roane, West Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wood, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Guthrie Cemetery
Inhabited place
Beaverdam
Brohard
Burning Springs
Cherry
Creston
Elizabeth
Enterprise
Flint Run ( 1848 - )
Freeport
Greencastle
Limestone Hill
Lucile
Morristown
Munday
Newark
Palestine
Peewee
Reedy Creek
Rover
Sanoma
Windy
Zackville
Unknown
Tucker
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Wirt County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,717, making it the least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Elizabeth. The county was created in 1848 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for U.S. Attorney General and presidential candidate William Wirt. The county is served by one high school, Wirt County High School.

Wirt County is part of the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1848 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Probate 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
1854 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1863 Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia Source:Wikipedia
1870 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 3,353
1860 3,751
1870 4,804
1880 7,104
1890 9,411
1900 10,284
1910 9,047
1920 7,536
1930 6,358
1940 6,475
1950 5,119
1960 4,391
1970 4,154
1980 4,922
1990 5,192
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History

Wirt County was formed in 1848 from Wood and Jackson Counties.

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Research Tips

http://wirtcounty.net/Cemeteries/index.htm Cemeteries of Wirt County, West Virginia

http://wirtcounty.net/history/index.htm Wirt History page by Mark ___?___.

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