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County seats in West Virginia | HearLore
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County seats in West Virginia
Wheeling, West VirginiaIn 1769, Ebenezer Zane girdled trees to claim land at the confluence of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River. The name Wheeling likely comes from a Lenni-Lenape…
Philippi, West VirginiaThe first white settlement in present-day Barbour County appeared approximately three miles downriver from the future site of Philippi in 1780.