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Website Updates
January 2025
History of Fayette County (Virgil Lewis, 1889)
November 2024
Obituary: Charles W. Dillon
Biography: Charles Wesley Dillon
- First Tax Commissioner
News-Disasters: Son of Harris
Booker Dies in House Fire (1912), Carlisle Mine Explosion Kills 20 - Pilkington, Campi and Rowley found Guilty
of Negligence (1915)
Court News: Rhodes Wins Suit
Against Coal Company (1913), Osenton Wins Suit Against Williamson (1915)
News-Accidents: Sampson and
Miller Killed in Explosion (1915)
Crime News: Mrs. Pierson Shoots
Donahue (1911), Berry Surrenders (1912), Gray Sentenced for Wife's Murder (1916), Bennett Lynched for Wife's Murder
(1920), Downell, Ratcliff and Kidd Arrested for Mine Explosion (1921), Lafferty and Lewis Sentenced for Attempted
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FAYETTE COUNTY
Fayette County was created by Act of the Virginia General Assembly and passed February 28, 1831, from parts of
Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, and Logan counties. It was named in honor of the Marquis de la Fayette, who had
played a key role assisting the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. There was a Fayette
County previously in Virginia, but it was lost to form the new state of Kentucky. Thus in the State records of
Virginia, there will be listings for Fayette County from 1780-1792 and Fayette County from 1831-1863. Neither location
is still located in Virginia. Virginia no longer has a county named for the Marquis de la Fayette.
A substantial portion of Fayette County was subdivided to form what is now Raleigh County in
1850.
During the Civil War, Fayette was one of 50 counties that broke off from the rest of Virginia and formed the new
state of West Virginia. In 1871, an Act of the West Virginia Legislature severed a small portion of Fayette County
to form part of Summers County.
The Fayette County Courthouse is located at 100 Church Street, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Cities
Montgomery (part) ~ Mount Hope ~ Oak Hill ~ Smithers (part)
Towns
Ansted ~ Fayetteville ~ Gauley Bridge ~ Meadow Bridge ~ Town of Pax ~ Thurmond
Magisterial Districts
New Haven ~ Plateau ~ Valley
Census-designated Places
Beards Fork ~ Boomer ~ Charlton Heights ~ Cunard ~ Deep Water ~ Dixie (part) ~ Falls View ~ Garten ~ Gatewood ~
Glen Ferris ~ Glen Jean ~ Hico ~ Hilltop ~ Kimberly ~ Kincaid ~ Minden ~ Mount Carbon ~ Page ~ Powellton ~ Prince
~ Scarbro ~
Unincorporated Communities
Agnew ~ Alloy ~ Alta ~ Beckwith ~ Boonesborough ~ Brooklyn ~ Brown ~ Cannelton ~ Caperton ~ Carlisle ~ Chimney
Corner ~
Clifftop ~ Columbia ~ Corliss ~ Danese ~ Dempsey ~ Dothan ~ Eagle ~ Edmond ~ Elkridge ~ Fayette ~ Greenstown ~
Hamilton ~ Harvey ~ Hilton Village ~ Hopewell ~ Jodie ~ Kanawha Falls ~ Kingston ~ Landisburg ~ Lansing ~ Layland
~
Lochgelly ~ Lookout ~ McDunn ~ Mahan ~ Marvel ~ Maywood ~ Montgomery Heights ~ Mossy ~ Nallen ~ North Page ~
Nuttall ~ Nuttalburg ~ Oak Ridge ~ Pine Grove ~ Ramsey ~ Red Star ~ Robson ~ Russellville ~ Sanger ~ Smithers ~
~ Toney Creek ~ Victor ~ Whipple ~ Winona ~ Wriston
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