Randolph County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Randolph County, West Virginia, Randolph County, Virginia, Randolph County, WV
county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- October 16, 1787
- Named after
- Edmund Jennings Randolph
- Seat
- Elkins
- Commission president
- David Kesling ( D )
- County commission
- Cris Siler ( R ) , Chris See ( D )
- Total
- 1,040 sq mi (2,700 km )
- Land
- 1,040 sq mi (2,700 km )
- Water
- 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km ) 0.03%
- Rank
- 1st
- Estimate 2025
- 26,882
- Density
- 26.9/sq mi (10.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Senate district
- 11th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Edmund Randolph
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Elkins
- Population
- 27932
- Area
- 2693
- Elevation
- 692
- Shares border with
- Pocahontas County
- Official website
- randolphcountycommissionwv.org
- Image
- Randolph County Courthouse and Jail.jpg
- Households
- 10977
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- inception
- 1786-10-16
- Commons category
- Randolph County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Randolph County, West Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Randolph County, West Virginia
- different from
- Randolph County
- water as percent of area
- 0.03
- native label
- Randolph County
- topic has template
- Template:Randolph County, West Virginia
- per capita income
- 25414
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Encyclopedic overview
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,932. Its county seat is Elkins. The county was founded in 1787 and is named for Edmund Jennings Randolph.
Randolph County comprises the Elkins, West Virginia, Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Randolph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.