Cabell County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 2, 1809
- Named after
- William H. Cabell
- Seat
- Huntington
- Largest city
- Huntington
- Total
- 288 sq mi (750 km )
- Land
- 281 sq mi (730 km )
- Water
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km ) 2.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 91,183
- Density
- 336/sq mi (130/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .cabellcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cabell County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. The county was organized in 1809 and named for William H. Cabell, the Governor of Virginia from 1805 to 1808. Cabell County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cabell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.