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Name | Nicholas |
Alt names | Nicholas | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 38.3°N 80.833°W |
Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
Also located in | Virginia, United States (1818 - 1863) |
See also | Braxton, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Clay, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Fayette, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | 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) | | Randolph, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Webster, 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
Nicholas County is a county located in the central region of U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,233. Its county seat is Summersville. The county was created in 1818 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1817 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1818 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1818 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1820 | 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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1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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1890 | 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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1820 | 1,853
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1830 | 3,346
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1840 | 2,515
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1850 | 3,963
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1860 | 4,627
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1870 | 4,458
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1880 | 7,223
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1890 | 9,309
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1900 | 11,403
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1910 | 17,699
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1920 | 20,717
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1930 | 20,686
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1940 | 24,070
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1950 | 27,696
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1960 | 25,414
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1970 | 22,552
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1980 | 28,126
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1990 | 26,775
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Text from Nicholas County, Virginia Page
[Nicholas County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Nicholas County, Virginia was created in 1818 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas. It was formed from parts of Kanawha, Greenbrier and Randolph Counties, and became part of the state of West Virginia when it acheived statehood in 1863.
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