This is a list of West Virginia county name etymologies.

• Barbour County: Barbour is name for Virginia judge Philip Pendleton Barbour.
• Berkeley County: Berkeley is named for Norborne Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt ), a colonial governor of Virginia.
• Boone County: Boone is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.
• Braxton County: Braxton is named for Founding Father Carter Braxton.
• Brooke County: Brooke is named for Governor of Virginia Robert Brooke .
• Cabell County: Cabell is named for Governor of Virginia William H. Cabell .
• Calhoun County: Calhoun is named for American statesman John C. Calhoun.
• Clay County: Clay is named for American statesman Henry Clay.
• Doddridge County: Doddridge is named for Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge.
• Fayette County: Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette.
• Gilmer County: Gilmer is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.
• Grant County: Grant is named for U.S. President Ulysses Grant.
• Greenbrier County: Greenbrier is named for the Greenbrier River .
• Hampshire County: Hampshire is named for the English county of Hampshire.
• Hancock County: Hancock is named for Founding Father John Hancock.
• Hardy County: Hardy is named for Samuel Hardy.
• Harrison County: Benjamin Harrison is named for Founding Father Benjamin Harrison V.
• Jackson County: Jackson is named for U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
• Jefferson County: Jefferson is named for U.S. Presient Thomas Jefferson.
• Kanawha County: Kanawha is named for the Kanawha River.
• Lewis County: Lewis is named for American Revolutionary War soldier Charles Lewis who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
• Lincoln County: Lincoln is named for U.S. Presient Abraham Lincoln.
• Logan County: Logan is named for Mingo Native American leader Logan.
• Marion County: Marion is named for American Revolutionary War guerrilla leader Francis Marion, aka the Swamp Fox.
• Marshall County: Marshall is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall.
• Mason County: Mason is named for Founding Father George Mason
• McDowell County: McDowell is named for Governor of Virginia James McDowell .
• Mercer County: Mercer is named for American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer.
• Mineral County: Mineral is named for the mineral resources found within its borders.
• Mingo County: Mingo is named for the Mingo Native American people.
• Monongalia County: Monongalia is named for the Monongahela River.
• Monroe County: Monroe is named for U.S. President James Monroe.
• Morgan County: Morgan is named for American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan.
• Nicholas County: Nicholas is named for Governor of Virginia Wilson Cary Nicholas.
• Ohio County: Ohio is named for the Ohio River.
• Pendleton County: Pendleton is named for Virginia judge Edmund Pendleton.
• Pleasants County: Pleasants is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator James Pleasants Jr.
• Pocahontas County: Pocahontas is named for Pocahontas of the Powhatan Native American people.
• Preston County: Preston is named for Governor of Virginia James Patton Preston.
• Putnam County: Putnam is named for Israel Putnam.
• Raleigh County: Raleigh is named for English Renaissance man Sir Walter Raleigh.
• Randolph County: Randolph is named for U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Virginia Edmund Jennings Randolph.
• Ritchie County: Ritchie is named for Virginia journalist Thomas Ritchie .
• Roane County: Roane is named for Virginia judge Spencer Roane .
• Summers County: Summers is named for Virginia jurist George W. Summers .
• Taylor County: Taylor is named for John Taylor.
• Tucker County: Tucker is named for Virginia judge Henry St. George Tucker .
• Tyler County: Tyler is named for U.S. President John Tyler.
• Upshur County: Upshur is named for U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Upshur.
• Wayne County: Wayne is named for Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
• Webster County: Webster is named for American statesman Daniel Webster.
• Wetzel County: Wetzel is named for frontierman Lewis Wetzel.
• Wirt County: Wirt is named for U.S. Attorney General William Wirt.
• Wood County: Wood is named for Governor of Virginia James Wood.
• Wyoming County: Wyoming is a Delaware Native American word meaning wide plain.

See also

• West Virginia
• List of West Virginia counties
• County (United States)
• Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

Source

• Origins of West Virginia Place Names