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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
Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. Its county seat is Wellsburg. The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. Brooke County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-WV-OH Combined Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1797 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1797 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1797 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1797 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1797 | Probate 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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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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1800 | 4,706
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1810 | 5,843
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1820 | 6,631
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1830 | 7,041
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1840 | 7,948
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1850 | 5,054
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1860 | 5,494
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1870 | 5,464
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1880 | 6,013
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1890 | 6,660
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1900 | 7,219
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1910 | 11,098
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1920 | 16,527
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1930 | 24,663
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1940 | 25,513
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1950 | 26,904
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1960 | 28,940
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1970 | 29,685
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1980 | 31,117
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1990 | 26,992
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Text from Brooke County, Virginia Page
[Brooke County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Brooke County, Virginia was established in 1796 from a portion of Ohio County, Virginia. It became part of the State of West Virginia when it achieved statehood in 1863.
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