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Barbour County is a county in north-central West Virginia, US. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,465. The county seat is Philippi, which was chartered in 1844. Both county and city were named for Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841), a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The county was formed in 1843 when the region was still part of the state of Virginia. In 1871, a small part of Barbour County was transferred to Tucker County, West Virginia. The Battle of Philippi, also known as the "Philippi Races", was fought in Barbour County on June 3, 1861. Although a minor action, it is generally considered the first land engagement of the American Civil War. Alderson Broaddus University, an American Baptist institution, is in the county. The university's Physician Assistant (PA) program is one of the world's oldest and best established.
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[edit] Settlement and FormationThe first white settlement in present-day Barbour County was established in 1782 by Richard Talbott about two miles (3 km) upriver from the future site of Philippi. The region had had no permanent Indian settlements and so conflicts with Native Americans were relatively infrequent in the early days. Barbour County was formed in 1843 and named for the late Virginia politician and jurist Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841). (Barbour had served as a U.S. Congressman from Virginia, Speaker of the House, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.) [edit] Text from Barbour County, Virginia Page[Barbour County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".] Barbour County, Virginia was formed in 1843 from a portion of Monongalia County, Virginia. It became part of the state of West Virginia, when it achieved statehood in 1863. [edit] External links
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