Upshur County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,254. Its county seat is Buckhannon. The county was formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of Virginia. Upshur served as United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler.
Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,639 at the 2010 census. The city is located 60 miles southwest of Morgantown, WV, 115 miles northeast from the capital city of Charleston, 140 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 260 miles west of Washington, DC. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, held annually during the third week of May.
The Buckhannon River is a 45.4-mile-long (73.1 km) tributary of the Tygart Valley River in north-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Tygart Valley, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 309 square miles (800 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It provides drinking water for much of Upshur County.
Rock Cave is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. The town is located southwest of Buckhannon at the junction of West Virginia Route 4 with County Routes 11/2 and 20/28.
Selbyville is an unincorporated community along the Right Fork Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
Alton is an unincorporated community on the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
French Creek is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
WBUC is an Adult Standards formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Buckhannon, West Virginia, serving Buckhannon and Upshur County in West Virginia. WBUC is owned and operated by AJG Corporation.
Edward Gay Rohrbough was a Republican United States Representative from West Virginia. He was born in 1874, near Buckhannon, West Virginia in Upshur County, West Virginia. He served in the Seventy-eighth and Eightieth Congress. He died December 12, 1956.
William Smith O'Brien was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative from 1927 to 1929.
Buckhannon-Upshur High School (B-UHS) is a high school located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States with approximately 1,100 students. It is located at 270 B-U Drive, about two miles south of Buckhannon city limits. The school offers grades 9-12, and serves all of Upshur County with some students from surrounding counties. Mr. Jonathan Pollock serves as principal of Buckhannon-Upshur High School.
Upshur County Schools is a school district in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
Freeman is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Freeman is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southwest of Buckhannon.
Ellamore is an unincorporated community in Randolph and Upshur counties, West Virginia, United States. Ellamore is located on County Route 151 along the Middle Fork River, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Buckhannon. Ellamore had a post office, which closed on July 11, 2009.
White Oak is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. White Oak is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northwest of Buckhannon.
Nebo is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Nebo is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east of Buckhannon.
Downtown Buckhannon Historic District is a national historic district located at Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. It encompasses 57 contributing buildings and one contributing structure that include the civic and commercial core of Buckhannon. Most of the buildings in the district date from the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural styles, such as Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival. Notable buildings include the Presbyterian Church on Locust Street (1879), T. L. Stockert Building (1908), Peoples Bank Building (1910), Upshur County Court House, and U.S. Post Office (1916).
Alexander is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Alexander is located on County Route 11 and the Buckhannon River 14.6 miles (23.5 km) south of Buckhannon. The coal hauling Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) also runs through and interchanges with the Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (A&O) in Alexander.
South Buckhannon is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
The Record Delta is a newspaper serving Buckhannon, West Virginia, and surrounding Upshur County. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it has a circulation of 3,475 and is owned by News Media Corporation.
