Putnam County

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

county in West Virginia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: West Virginia
Founded: March 11, 1848
Named after: Israel Putnam
Seat: Winfield
Largest city: Hurricane
Total: 350 sq mi (910 km )
Land: 346 sq mi (900 km )
Water: 4.7 sq mi (12 km ) 1.3%
Estimate 2025: 56,885
Density: 166/sq mi (64.1/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: putnamcountywv .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 57440
Area: 908
Elevation: 269
Official website: www.putnamcounty.org
Image: Putnam Courthouse WV.JPG
Households: 21694

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Commons category: Putnam County, West Virginia
inception: 1818-03-11
water as percent of area: 1.3
native label: Putnam County
per capita income: 32235

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Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 57,440. Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley. Putnam County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH metropolitan statistical area, across the Kanawha River from Charleston, West Virginia.

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