County Date Formed Counties from which formed Barbour 1843 Harrison, Lewis, Randolph Berkeley 1772 Frederick Boone 1847 Cabell, Kanawha, Logan Braxton 1836 Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas Brooke 1797 Ohio Cabell 1809 Kanawha Calhoun 1856 Gilmer Clay 1858 Braxton, Nicholas Doddridge 1845 Harrison, Lewis Ritchie, Tyler Fayette 1831 Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas Gilmer 1845 Kanawha, Lewis Grant 1866 Hardy Greenbrier 1778 Botetourt, Montgomery Hampshire 1754 Augusta, Frederick Hancock 1848 Brooke Hardy 1786 Hampshire Harrison 1784 Monongalia Jackson 1831 Kanawha, Mason, Wood Jefferson 1801 Berkeley Kanawha 1788 Greenbrier, Montgomery Lewis 1816 Harrison Lincoln 1867 Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam Logan 1824 Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, Tazewell Marion 1842 Harrison, Monongalia Marshall 1835 Ohio Mason 1804 Kanawha Mercer 1837 Giles, Tazwell Mineral 1866 Hampshire Mingo 1895 Logan Monongalia 1776 West Augusta District Monroe 1799 Greenbrier Morgan 1820 Berkeley, Hampshire McDowell 1858 Tazewell Nicholas 1818 Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph Ohio 1776 West Augusta District Pendleton 1788 Auguata, Hardy, Rockingham Pleasants 1851 Ritchie, Tyler, Wood Pocahontas 1821 Bath, Pendleton, Randolph Preston 1818 Monongalia Putnam 1848 Cabell, Kanawha, Mason Raleigh 1850 Fayette Randolph 1787 Harrison Ritchie 1843 Harrison, Lewis, Wood Roane 1856 Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha Summers 1871 Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe Taylor 1844 Barbour, Harrison, Marion Tucker 1856 Randolph Tyler 1814 Ohio Upshur 1851 Barbour, Lewis, Randolph Wayne 1842 Cabell Webster 1860 Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph Wetzel 1846 Tyler Wirt 1848 Jackson, Wood Wood 1798 Harrison Wyoming 1850 Logan Hi Eleanor, as promised a copy of the counties and when formed. Evelyn (Riffle) Blake Craigsville, WV Nicholas Co.