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Fayette County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- February 28, 1831
- Named after
- Marquis de la Fayette
- Seat
- Fayetteville
- Largest city
- Oak Hill
- Total
- 668 sq mi (1,730 km )
- Land
- 662 sq mi (1,710 km )
- Water
- 6.8 sq mi (18 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,165
- Density
- 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- fayettecounty .wv .gov /Pages /default .aspx
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Fayetteville
- Population
- 40488
- Area
- 1731
- Shares border with
- Kanawha County
- Official website
- fayettecounty.wv.gov
- Image
- FayetteCtyCourthouse FayettevilleWV.jpg
- Households
- 17388
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fayette County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Fayette County
- Commons category
- Fayette County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Fayette County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1831-02-28
- per capita income
- 23170
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the indicated population was 40,488. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is part of the Beckley, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area in Southern West Virginia.
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