Place:Lincoln, West Virginia, United States

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NameLincoln
Alt namesLincolnsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.167°N 82.083°W
Located inWest Virginia, United States     (1867 - )
See alsoBoone, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Cabell, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kanawha, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Logan, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wayne, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Black Cemetery
Harvey's Creek Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
May Cemetery
Pack Cemetery
Census-designated place
Harts
Inhabited place
Alkol
Alum Creek
Atenville
Big Ugly
Bowles
Bradyville
Branchland
Bulger
Cuzzie
Duval
East
Ferrellsburg
Fork Junction
Fry
Garretts Bend
Gill
Griffithsville
Hager
Hamlin
Hubball
Irene
Jenks
Leet
McCorkle
Midkiff
Minerva
Mud
Myra
New Hamlin
Palermo
Pleasant View
Portersville
Price
Priestley
Ranger
Redwing
Rockville
Sheridan
Sias
Snowden
Sod
Spurlockville
Sumerco
Summit
Sweetland
Tango
Toney
West Hamlin
Woodville
Yawkey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,720. Its county seat is Hamlin. The county was created in 1867 and named for Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1867 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1909 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1909 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1909 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1909 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1909 Probate 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
1870 5,053
1880 8,739
1890 11,246
1900 15,434
1910 20,491
1920 19,378
1930 19,156
1940 22,886
1950 22,466
1960 20,267
1970 18,912
1980 23,675
1990 21,382
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