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Tucker County
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county in West Virginia, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tucker County is referenced by 370 other articles, and connects out to West Virginia, African Americans and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WV.
It sits within the topics 1856 establishments in Virginia, Populated places established in 1856 and Tucker County, West Virginia.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6762
- Area
- 1091
- Elevation
- 974
- Official website
- www.tuckercounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Tucker County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 3176
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- Commons category
- Tucker County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Tucker County
- inception
- 1856-03-07
- per capita income
- 26416
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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tucker County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.