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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
- Population
- 8444
- Area
- 1175
- Elevation
- 316
- Official website
- www.ritchiecounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Ritchie County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4161
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- Commons category
- Ritchie County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1843-02-18
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Ritchie County
- per capita income
- 25773
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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.
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