Taylor County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 19, 1844
- Named after
- John Taylor of Caroline
- Seat
- Grafton
- Largest city
- Grafton
- Total
- 176 sq mi (460 km )
- Land
- 173 sq mi (450 km )
- Water
- 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,287
- Density
- 96.6/sq mi (37.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .wvcountytaylor .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16705
- Area
- 455
- Elevation
- 332
- Official website
- www.taylorcounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Clelland House at maximum zoom.jpg
- Households
- 6649
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- Commons category
- Taylor County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1844-01-19
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Taylor County
- per capita income
- 26862
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Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,705. Its county seat is Grafton. The county was formed in 1844 and named for Senator John Taylor of Caroline. Taylor County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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