Barbour County is a county in north-central West Virginia, US. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,465. The county seat is Philippi, which was chartered in 1844. Both county and city were named for Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841), a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The county was formed in 1843 when the region was still part of the state of Virginia. In 1871, a small part of Barbour County was transferred to Tucker County, West Virginia.
Hopewell is an independent city surrounded by Prince George County and the Appomattox River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,033. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Hopewell with Prince George County for statistical purposes.
Harrison County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 69,099. The county seat is Clarksburg.
Philippi is a city in — and the county seat of — Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,928 at the 2020 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi, known as the "Philippi Races". Although a minor skirmish, this is considered the earliest notable land action of the American Civil War.
Philip Pendleton Barbour was the tenth speaker of the United States House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is the only individual to serve in both positions. He was also a slave owner.
James Barbour was an American slave owner, lawyer, politician and planter. He served as a delegate from Orange County, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly, and as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was the 18th Governor of Virginia and the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion. After the War of 1812, Barbour became a U.S. Senator and the United States Secretary of War (1825–1828).
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district currently stretches from the Ohio River border with Ohio to the Potomac River border with Maryland and the border with Virginia. It includes the capital city of Charleston and the rapidly growing residential communities of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands regions connected by a narrow strip of nearly unpopulated counties. It is 20 miles (32 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long.
Elk City is an unincorporated community in Barbour County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Elk City lies along West Virginia Route 57.
The Chestnut Ridge people (CRP) are a mixed-race community concentrated in an area northeast of Philippi, Barbour County in north-central West Virginia, with smaller related communities in the adjacent counties of Harrison and Taylor. They are often referred to as "Mayles", or "Guineas".
Stuart Felix Reed was an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the Secretary of State of West Virginia (1909–1917) and represented West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives (1917–1925).
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1480 feet.
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1742 feet.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, West Virginia.
Talbott is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
Brownton is an unincorporated community and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. Brownton is located along County Route 16, 3.35 miles (5.39 km) south-southwest of Flemington. Brownton had a post office, which closed on January 24, 2004.
Bear Mountain is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. Bear Mountain is located along County Route 16, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south-southwest of Flemington.
Lehigh was an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
Union is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
Chris Phillips is an American politician who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2018 as a Republican. He represents District 47.
