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| Name | Fayette |
| Alt names | Fayette | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.05°N 81.1°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1831 - 1863) |
| See also | Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kanawha, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Logan, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nicholas, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Raleigh, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Summers, 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
Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,039. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is part of the Beckley, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area in Southern West Virginia.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1831 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1832 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | 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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| 1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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| 1866 | 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
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| 1840 | 3,924
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| 1850 | 3,955
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| 1860 | 5,997
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| 1870 | 6,647
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| 1880 | 11,560
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| 1890 | 20,542
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| 1900 | 31,987
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| 1910 | 51,903
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| 1920 | 60,377
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| 1930 | 72,050
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| 1940 | 80,628
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| 1950 | 82,443
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| 1960 | 61,731
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| 1970 | 49,332
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| 1980 | 57,863
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| 1990 | 47,952
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Research Tips
Text from Fayette County, Virginia Page
[Fayette County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Fayette County, Virginia was established in 1831, from portions of Kanawha, Greenbrier and Logan Counties. It became part of the state of West Virginia, when it achieved statehood in 1863.
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