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Wood County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- December 21, 1798
- Named after
- James Wood
- Seat
- Parkersburg
- Largest city
- Parkersburg
- Total
- 377 sq mi (980 km )
- Land
- 367 sq mi (950 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 82,385
- Density
- 230/sq mi (88.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .woodcountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 84296
- Area
- 377
- Official website
- www.woodcountywv.com
- Image
- Wood County Courthouse Parkersburg West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 35189
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- Commons category
- Wood County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Wood County
- inception
- 1798-12-21
- per capita income
- 27983
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First courthouse in Wood County (ca. 1802), sketch by Joseph H. Diss Debar
Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. The county was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
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