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| Name | Wood |
| Alt names | Wood | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 39.2°N 81.5°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1798 - 1863) |
| See also | Doddridge, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Harrison, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jackson, West Virginia, United States | Child 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) | | Ritchie, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wirt, 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
Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 86,956. Its county seat is Parkersburg. Wood County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio (part) Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wood County was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and it was named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1798 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1798 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1798 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1800 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1853 | 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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| 1800 | 1,217
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| 1810 | 3,036
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| 1820 | 5,860
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| 1830 | 6,429
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| 1840 | 7,923
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| 1850 | 9,450
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| 1860 | 11,046
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| 1870 | 19,000
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| 1880 | 25,006
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| 1890 | 28,612
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| 1900 | 34,452
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| 1910 | 38,001
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| 1920 | 42,306
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| 1930 | 56,521
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| 1940 | 62,399
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| 1950 | 66,540
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| 1960 | 78,331
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| 1970 | 86,818
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| 1980 | 93,648
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| 1990 | 86,915
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