1. All Counties Notes

2. Central Counties

3. Babcock and Hawks Nest State Parks are found here

4. Fayette

5. This county is the location for Holly River State Park

6. Webster

7. The county seat of this county is Elizabeth

8. Wirt

9. The Battle of Scary Creek was fought in this county

10. Putnam

11. The county seat of this county is Spencer

12. Roane

13. The State Game Farm at French Creek is found here

14. Upshur

15. Jackson’s Mill is located in this county

16. Lewis

17. The State Capital is located here

18. Kanawha

19. The Summersville Reservoir is found here

20. Nicholas

21. The geographic center of the state, Sutton is the County Seat

22. Braxton

23. Originated the Golden Delicious Apple

24. Clay

25. Named for the South Carolina Statesman

26. Calhoun

27. Glenville State College is found here

28. Gilmer

29. Eastern Panhandle Counties

30. Most Eastern County

31. Jefferson

32. Second oldest county, site of Bunker Hill - 1st permanent settlement

33. Berkeley

34. Cacapon State Park is found here

35. Morgan

36. Lost River State Park is found here

37. Hardy

38. Blackwater Falls is in this county

39. Tucker

40. Spruce Knob, the highest point in the state is located here

41. Pendleton

42. The Oldest County in the state

43. Hampshire

44. Named because of the resources found here

45. Mineral

46. Named for the Union General,location of the Fairfax Stone

47. Grant

48. Largest County in the state

49. Randolph

50. Northeastern Counties

51. North Bend State Park is found here

52. Ritchie

53. The Mothers’ Day Shrine is at Grafton

54. Taylor

55. Alderson- Broaddus College is found here

56. Barbour

57. Home of J.H. Diss DeBar, designer of the Great Seal

58. Doddridge

59. Named for the father of the 9th President

60. Harrison

61. Named for the Indian word meaning “river of the crumbling banks”

62. Monongalia

63. Named after the “Swamp Fox”

64. Marion

65. Cooper’s Rock State Park is found here

66. Preston

67. Ohio River Counties

68. Smallest county in the state

69. Hancock

70. County with the first Grimes Golden apple tree

71. Brooke

72. Named for the longest river in the state

73. Ohio

74. Named for the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

75. Marshall

76. Named for the Indian Fighter

77. Wetzel

78. location of the Worlds Greatest Gas Well”Big Moses”

79. Tyler

80. St. Marys is this county’s County Seat

81. Pleasants

82. Blennerhasset Island

83. Wood

84. Named for the 7th President

85. Jackson

86. Named for the author of the Constitution of Virginia

87. Mason

88. Its county seat was moved from Barboursville to Huntington

89. Cabell

90. The most western county

91. Wayne

92. Southern Counties

93. Most Southern and Largest Coal Producing County

94. McDowell

95. Location of Pinnacle Rock State Park

96. Mercer

97. Youngest county, named for the Indian Tribe

98. Mingo

99. Location of Bluestone Lake

100. Summers

101. Delaware Indian word meaning “large plains”

102. Wyoming

103. Named for the hunter and explorer

104. Boone

105. Second Largest, named for the river

106. Greenbrier

107. Named for the Chief of the Mingo tribe

108. Logan

109. Named for the 5th President

110. Monroe

111. Named for the Indian Princess

112. Pocahontas

113. Named for the explorer, location of Grandview State Park

114. Raleigh

115. Named for the Civil War President

116. Lincoln