Hardy County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- October 17, 1786
- Named after
- Samuel Hardy
- Seat
- Moorefield
- Largest town
- Moorefield
- Total
- 584 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 582 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,337
- Density
- 24.6/sq mi (9.49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .hardycounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Samuel Hardy
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Moorefield
- Population
- 14299
- Area
- 1514
- Shares border with
- Pendleton County
- Official website
- www.hardycounty.com
- Image
- Hardy County Courthouse-Moorefield WV.jpg
- Households
- 5933
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- Commons category
- Hardy County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Hardy County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1785-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Hardy County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hardy County, West Virginia
- per capita income
- 27819
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Encyclopedic overview
Hardy County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,299. Its county seat is Moorefield. The county was created from Hampshire County in 1786 and named for Samuel Hardy, a distinguished Virginian.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardy County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.