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Gilmer County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- February 3, 1845
- Named after
- Thomas Walker Gilmer
- Seat
- Glenville
- Largest town
- Glenville
- Total
- 340 sq mi (880 km )
- Land
- 339 sq mi (880 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,085
- Density
- 21.9/sq mi (8.44/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- gilmercounty .wv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7408
- Area
- 881
- Official website
- www.gilmercounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Gilmer County Courthouse WV.jpg
- Households
- 2516
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- Commons category
- Gilmer County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1845-02-03
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Gilmer County
- per capita income
- 18359
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Gilmer County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408, making it West Virginia's fifth-least populous county. Its county seat is Glenville. The county was formed in 1845 from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, Governor of Virginia from 1840 to 1841. Gilmer was later a representative in the United States Congress and Secretary of the Navy in President John Tyler's cabinet.
Cedar Creek State Park offers camping, fishing, swimming, and hiking. The West Virginia State Folk Festival is held each June. Glenville State University has a community activity center, a state-of-the-art library, and a complete collection of hand-carved, West Virginia–native birds on public display. The Gilmer County Recreation Center Complex includes a small golf course, a convention / reunion hall, and bunk houses. Gilmer County is home to ten nationally registered historic landmarks, the Cedar Creek Backway, and the annual West Virginia Folk Festival. Media outlets for the community include The Glenville Democrat and The Glenville Pathfinder, the county's two newspapers.