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Tucker County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- March 7, 1856
- Named after
- Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.
- Seat
- Parsons
- Commission president
- Michael Rosenau ( D )
- County commission
- Fred Davis, Tim Knotts ( R )
- Total
- 421 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Land
- 419 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.5%
- Rank
- 28th
- Estimate 2025
- 6,540
- Density
- 16.1/sq mi (6.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Senate district
- 14th
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tucker County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,762, making it West Virginia's fourth-least populous county. Its county seat is Parsons. The county was created in 1856 from a part of Randolph County, then part of Virginia. In 1871, a small part of Barbour County, was transferred to Tucker County. The county was named after Henry St. George Tucker, Sr., a judge and Congressman from Williamsburg, Virginia.
History
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