West Virginia Place Names
Barbour County, West Virginia Facts 

Barbour County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was formed in 1843 and named for Virginia jurist, Philip Pendleton Barbour. 

Philippi, the county seat, was established in 1844. The Battle of Philippi (1861), also known as the "Philippi Races", was fought here on June 3, 1861. It was the first land battle of the Civil War. 

Alderson-Broaddus College for the American Baptists of West Virginia--and many other students from throughout West Virginia, other states, and numerous countries--is located here. The college's physician assistant program is one of the oldest and most established in the world. As of 2000, the population is 15,557.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 343 square miles.

Major Highways

• U.S. Highway 119
• U.S. Highway 250
• West Virginia Route 20
• West Virginia Route 38
• West Virginia Route 57
• West Virginia Route 76
• West Virginia Route 92

Cities and Towns

Incorporated communities

• Town of Belington
• Town of Junior
• City of Philippi

Unincorporated communities

• Adaland
• Arden
• Audra
• Bear Mountain
• Berryburg
• Berryburg Junction
• Boulder
• Brownton
• Calhoun
• Carrollton
• Century
• Century Junction
• Claude
• Clemtown
• Corder Crossing Corley
• Cove Run
• Dartmoor
• Dent
• Elk City
• Finegan Ford
• Gage
• Galloway
• Hall
• Hiram
• Hopewell
• Independence
• Jones
• Kalamazoo
• Kasson Kirt
• Lantz
• Longview
• Mansfield
• Meadowville
• Meriden
• Middle Fork
• Moatsville
• Mount Liberty
• Murphy
• Nestorville
• Overfield
• Peeltree
• Pepper
• Pleasure Valley Rangoon
• Stringtown
• Tacy
• Talbott
• Tygart Junction
• Union
• Valley Bend
• Valley Furnace
• Vannoys Mill
• Volga
• Weaver Community
• Wellington Heights
• Werner
• West Junior

References

• Barbour County West Virginia...Another Look, Compiled by The Barbour County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX and Paoli, PA, 1979.
• Coonts, Violet Gadd, The Western Waters: Early Settlers of Eastern Barbour County, West Virginia, Assisted by Gilbert Gray Coonts and Harold Cart Gadd, Published by Stephen P. Coonts, Denver, CO, Second ed, May 1991.
• Maxwell, Hu, The History of Barbour County, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1968.)
• Smith, Barbara and Carl Briggs, Barbour County (Series: Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2000.

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