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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
Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. Its county seat is Kingwood. The county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.
Preston County is part of the Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the southernmost county of the Pittsburgh media market. It is the home of The Buckwheat Festival, a county fair known for making buckwheat pancakes.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1818 | County formed | 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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1830 | 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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1868 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1869 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1869 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1881 | Court 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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1820 | 3,422
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1830 | 5,144
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1840 | 6,866
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1850 | 11,708
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1860 | 13,312
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1870 | 14,555
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1880 | 19,091
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1890 | 20,355
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1900 | 22,727
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1910 | 26,341
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1920 | 27,996
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1930 | 29,043
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1940 | 30,416
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1950 | 31,399
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1960 | 27,233
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1970 | 25,455
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1980 | 30,460
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1990 | 29,037
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