Upshur County

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

county in West Virginia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: West Virginia
Founded: March 26, 1851
Named after: Abel Parker Upshur
Seat: Buckhannon
Largest city: Buckhannon
Total: 355 sq mi (920 km )
Land: 355 sq mi (920 km )
Water: 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.03%
Estimate 2025: 23,758
Density: 67.1/sq mi (25.9/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )

Article

Upshur County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,816. Its county seat is Buckhannon. The county was formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of Virginia. Upshur served as United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler.

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