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Also known as Lincoln County, West Virginia, Lincoln County, WV

county in West Virginia, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
West Virginia
Founded
February 23, 1867
Named after
Abraham Lincoln
Seat
Hamlin
Largest town
Hamlin
Total
439 sq mi (1,140 km )
Land
437 sq mi (1,130 km )
Water
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.4%
Estimate 2025
19,177
Density
46.8/sq mi (18.1/km )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst
UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district
1st
Website
www .lincolncountywv .org

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Abraham Lincoln
Located in
West Virginia
Capital
Hamlin
Population
20463
Area
1136
Shares border with
Wayne County
Official website
www.lincolncountywv.org
Image
Lincoln County Courthouse West Virginia.jpg
Households
8295
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Commons category
Lincoln County, West Virginia
inception
1867-02-23
water as percent of area
0.4
native label
Lincoln County
per capita income
22995
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Encyclopedic overview

Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,463. Its county seat is Hamlin. The county was created in 1867 and named for Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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