Welcome to Lincoln County ...

Time Zone: Lincoln County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Hamlin is the Seat for Lincoln County.

Lincoln County was founded in 1867. Lincoln was created by taking area from Boone, Cabell, Kanawha and Logan Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Lincoln had a population of 20,453 people. This is a decrease of 5.83% since the last Census (which gave a population of 21,720 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lincoln represented 1.17% of the total population of West Virginia.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to West Virginia
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  • Website for the West Virginia State Archives

• Websites specific to Lincoln County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Putnam County
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  • Kanawha County
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  • Boone County
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  • Logan County
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  • Mingo County
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  • Wayne County
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  • Cabell County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of West Virginia
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of West Virginia
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of West Virginia
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of West Virginia
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.