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Ritchie County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- February 18, 1843
- Named after
- Thomas Ritchie
- Seat
- Harrisville
- Largest town
- Harrisville
- Total
- 454 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Land
- 452 sq mi (1,170 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,034
- Density
- 18.7/sq mi (7.21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .ritchiecounty .wv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Harrisville
- Population
- 8444
- Area
- 1175
- Elevation
- 316
- Shares border with
- Pleasants County
- Official website
- www.ritchiecounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Ritchie County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4161
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- topic's main category
- Category:Ritchie County, West Virginia
- Commons category
- Ritchie County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1843-02-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ritchie County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Ritchie County
- per capita income
- 25773
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Encyclopedic overview
Ritchie County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,444. Its county seat is Harrisville. The county was created in 1843 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Richmond newspaper publisher Thomas Ritchie.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ritchie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.