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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Wyoming County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. The county was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Lenape word meaning "large plains".
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Date | Event | Source
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1850 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | Court 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 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | 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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1855 | Marriage 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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1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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 | 1,645
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1860 | 2,861
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1870 | 3,171
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1880 | 4,322
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1890 | 6,247
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1900 | 8,380
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1910 | 10,392
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1920 | 15,180
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1930 | 20,926
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1940 | 29,774
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1950 | 37,540
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1960 | 34,836
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1970 | 30,095
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1980 | 35,993
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1990 | 28,990
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