Greenbrier County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- October 20, 1778
- Named after
- Greenbrier River
- Seat
- Lewisburg
- County commission president
- Lowell Rose (R)
- County commission
- Richie Holliday (R) , Tammy Tincher (R)
- Total
- 1,025 sq mi (2,650 km )
- Land
- 1,020 sq mi (2,600 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 0.5%
- Rank
- 2nd
- Estimate 2025
- 31,578
- Density
- 32.3/sq mi (12.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Senate district
- 10th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Greenbrier River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Lewisburg
- Population
- 32977
- Area
- 2653
- Shares border with
- Monroe County
- Official website
- www.greenbriercounty.net
- Image
- Greenbrier County, Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 15436
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- inception
- 1778-10-20
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Greenbrier County
- topic has template
- Template:Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Commons category
- Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- per capita income
- 26330
- separated from
- Montgomery County
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Encyclopedic overview
Greenbrier County (/ˈɡriːnbraɪ.ər/) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery Counties in Virginia.
Greenbrier County is, in terms of total area, the second largest county in West Virginia, only behind Randolph County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenbrier County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.