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Virginia, West Virginia
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Although we found mention of Virginia during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer.
One piece of information that we would especially like to find is the location (ie- GPS coordinates) of Virginia. If you can help us locate Virginia, please Contact Us.
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Located in: Brooke County (see below)
Time Zone: Virginia lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)
Telephone Area Codes: (304), (681)<2>
Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Virginia
| GNIS ID: None | | FIPS State / Place Code: 54 / 83644 |
(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Virginia)
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From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Monongalia) Population
| 2017:<3> | 22,443 (6.76% decrease since 2010) |
| 2010: | 24,069 (5.42% decrease since 2000) | | 2000: | 25,447 |
Total Area:<4> 92.6 sq. miles [239.8 km²] - of which 3.64% is water (3.37 sq. miles [8.7 km²])
Housing Units:<5> 10,967
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Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Brooke
| GNIS ID: 1558262 | | FIPS State / County Code: 54 / 009 |
(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Virginia)
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From the US Census Population
| 2017: | 1,815,857 (2% decrease since 2010) |
| 2010: | 1,852,994 (2.47% increase since 2000) | | 2000: | 1,808,344 |
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Websites for State of West Virginia
Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of West Virginia
(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Virginia)
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Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Virginia and then turned east". While Virginia could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Virginia as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Virginia could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Virginia: This one is located in Brooke County and the other is located in Mineral County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Virginia.- Return to Citation |
| <2> | Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304). - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2017. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Virginia. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation |
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