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Name County Date Also Named
Wabash Mineral 1907-1933    
Wacoma (h) Kanawha 1894-1920    
Wacomah Raleigh 1935    
Wade Wetzel ? 1986    
Wade Braxton 1911-1920    
Wade Greenbrier 1920    
Wade Pocahontas 1911    
Wade Nicholas 1933    
Wade Webster 1976    
Wadestown Monongalia 1849    
Wadeville Wood 1883-1967    
Waggener (Wagner ?) Mason 1894-1911    
Waggener's Bottom Mason ??        
Waggy Braxton 1907    
Waggy Nicholas 1906-1935 Also Rose Hill
Waggy Clay 1920    
Wagner Mason 1911-1920    
Wagner Mineral 1911    
Wagner Hill Greenbrier 1933    
Wagoner Mineral 1920-1935    
Wagram Harrison 1920-1935    
Wahoo Marion 1933    
Wainville Webster 1907    
Wake Forest Kanawha 1907-1967    
Walburn Boone 18 ?    
Waldeck Braxton 1907-1920    
Waldeck Lewis 1976    
Waldingfield Kanawha 1870-1879    
Waldo Harrrison 1920    
Waldo Putnam 1882-1935    
Walgrove Kanawha 1918    
Walker Randolph 1935    
Walker (s) Wood 1935    
Walker's Crossing Wood 1911-1935    
Walkers Landing Putnam 1920 See Poca 1894
Walkers Meadows Greenbrier 1823-1833    
Walkersville Lewis 1870 Also Slabtown
Wallace Harrison 1852    
Wallace Kanawha 1909    
Wallback Clay 1911    
Walnut Calhoun 1907    
Walnut Bottom Hardy 1967    
Walnut Grove Calhoun 1976    
Walnut Grove Kanawha 1830-1911    
Walnut Grove Roane 1882    
Walther Tucker 1907-1920    
Walton Cabell 1894-1911    
Walton Kanawha 1845-1849 ?    
Walton Roane 1856 Also Droddyville ?
Walnut Valley Acres Kanawha 1950 ?    
Wamsley (s) Randolph 1920-1935    
Wana Monongalia 1911    
Wanda Logan 1911    
Wanego Roane 1911-1967    
Waneta Webster 1907    
Wanless Pocahontas 1894    
Wanless Ritchie 1911-1935    
Wappocomo Hampshire 1882    
War McDowell 1906 Former Miner's City
Ward Kanawha 1907    
Ward Randolph 1911-1935    
Warden Raleigh 1907    
Warden Upshur 1911-1935    
Wardensville Hardy     Est. 1832 Also Trout Run
Wards Randolph 1920    
Ward's Cabell 1811-1813    
Wardsville         1860
Wardsville Hampshire 1857-1866 Former New Creek. Changed Rees's Tannery
War Eagle Mingo 1907    
Warfield Clay 1907    
Warfield Mingo ?     Kermit ?
Warford Summers 1882-1947 Also Bull Falls?
Warner McDowell     P. O. 1881
Warner Harrison 1935    
Warnocks Mineral 1894-1935    
Warns Pocahontas 1920    
Warren Wood 1868-1870    
Warren Lincoln 1882-1894    
Warren Jackson 1907-1920    
War Ridge Fayette 1897 See Backus
Warrior Kanawha 1907-1935    
Warrior McDowell 1935    
Warriormine McDowell 1930    
Warthmore Wood 1920-1935    
Warwick Pocahontas 1911-1920    
Warwood Ohio 1911    
Washburn Ritchie 1894    
Washington Ohio 1922    
Washington Wood 1882    
Washinton's Hampshire 1894    
Washington Bottom Wood 1883    
Washington Springs Kanawha 1920    
Wasp Pleasants 1882-1920    
Waterloo Mason 1907    
Watertown Wood 1841 Lubeck
Watkins Tyler 1907-1920    
Watoga Pocahontas 1911    
Watson Hampshire 1787-1920    
Watson Marion 1882    
Watson Siding Marion 1911    
Watsontown Hampshire 1882 See Capon Springs
Watts Wayne 1920-1935    
Wattsville Clay 1882 Changed to Braxtion County ? 1885-1914
Waugh's Mills Brooke 1866    
Waugh's Mills Clay 1878-1888    
Waverly Pleasants ? 1933    
Waverly Wood 1882 Former Bull Creek Landing P. O. 1830
Wayne Wayne 1841 Est. 1842 as Trout's Hill. Inc. 1882 as Fairview. Wayne Court House 1841-1843, 1870
Wayside Monroe 1882    
Weaver Randolph 1907    
Webb Wayne 1907    
Webb's Mills Ritchie 1839-1911 Wood County Ante 1844. See Smithville 1894
Weberwood Kanawha 1967    
Webster Ohio 1933    
Webster Webster 1894-1918 See Addison Court House
Webster Taylor 1857 Former Sharpsburg 1857
Webster Court House Webster 1868 Name Change Addison. Also Fork Lick
Webster Springs Webster 1907 Inc. 1892 as Addison
Weekleys Wood 1911-1920    
Wees (e) Randolph 1911-1935    
Weese Webster 1911    
Weese Crossing Randolph 1920-1935    
Weewin Fayette 1920-1935    
Weir Kanawha 1900-1935    
Weirton Hancock 1911 Combination of Consol, Holliday's Cove, Weirton Heights. Marland Heights & Weirton
Weirwood Fayette 1910-1935    
Welch McDowell 1894 Former Stansilll 1891
Welch Glade (Welsh) Webster 1868-1935    
Welcome Marshall 1882-1935    
Weldon Wyoming 1920    
Welford (Wellford) Kanawha 1882    
Wellington Roane 1907    
Wellington Heights Barbour 1976    
Wells Marion 1920-1935    
Wells Marshall 1882-1920    
Wells Tyler 1911-1935    
Wellsburg Brooke     Chartered 1791 as Charlestown. Also Brooke County Court House & Wellsburg 1816
Wells Lock Wirt 1920-1935    
Wells Pit Marshall 1920    
Weltha Wayne 1920    
Welton Hardy 1920-1935    
Wendle (Wendel) Taylor 1911    
Wenonah Mercer 1911-1935    
Werner Barbour 1900    
Werth Nicholas 1976    
Wertz Mine Taylor 1935    
Wesley Church Jackson 1920-1935    
Wesley Wood 1882-1920    
West Marion 1920    
West Wetzel 1868    
West Alexander ? Ohio 1808    
West Augusta Preston 1867    
West Alston Barbour 1935    
West Blue Creek Kanawha 1920-1935    
West Charleston Kanawha 1883-1935    
Westchester Marion 1920    
West Clarksburg Harrison 1894-1920    
West Columbia Mason 1849    
West Cumbo Berkeley 1920-1935    
West Deepwater Fayette 1935-1967    
West Dunbar Kanawha 1967    
West Durbin Pocahontas 1911-1935    
West End Kanawha     Charleston & Elk City
West End Preston 1894    
Westerly Fayette 1915    
Western Ford Randolph 1816-1856 Former Fort Minear. Name Change St. George Tucker County
West Fairfield Kanawha 1911    
Westfield Lewis 1815-1935 County Seat Before Weston
West Fork Boone 1854    
West Fork Wirt 1868-1920    
West Fork Harrison 1920-1935    
West Fork Junction Mercer 1911-1920    
West Grafton Taylor 1882-1935    
West Hamlin Lincoln 1907    
West Huntington Cabell 1920 Wayne ?
West Junction Boone 1933    
West Junior Barbour 1911-1935 Inc. 1950
West Liberty Ohio 1787    
West Logan Logan     Inc. 1950
West Milford Harrison     Chartered 1818
West Montgomery Kanawha 1976    
Westmoreland Wayne 1920-1935    
West Morgantown         See Morgantown 1894
Weston Lewis     Est. 1818 as Preston. Fisherville, Fleshersville & Weston
Westover Monongalia     Inc. 1911
Westover Junction Monongalia 1920    
West Pea Ridge Cabell 1967    
West Peach Creek Logan 1935    
West Raleigh Raleigh 1911    
West Romney Hampshire 1920-1935    
West Sabraton Monongalia 1920-1933    
West Siding Marion 1920    
West Surveyor Raleigh 1920    
West Union Doddridge     In Ohio County 1816 ? Former Lewisport in Harrison County. Court House in 1870. aka Union
West Union Preston     See Aurora
West Vanvoorhis Monongalia 1920    
West Ville Boone 1967    
West Virginia Kanawha 1920    
West Virginia & Pittsburg Junction Harrison 1911-1935    
West Virginia Central Junction Mineral 1894-1935    
West Virginia Northern Junction Preston 1911-1935    
West Vivian McDowell 1911-1920    
West Warren Monongalia 1855-1860 See Wadestown 1894
Westwood Raleigh 1920-1935    
Wevaco Kanawha 1907    
Wewanta Lincoln 1907-1935    
Weyanoke Mercer 1911    
Wharncliffe Mingo 1900    
Wharton Boone 1930    
Wheat Wetzel 1911    
Wheatland Jefferson 1882    
Wheeler Webster 1907    
Wheeling Ohio     Settled 1769. Inc. 1806. Former Zanesburg 1795
Wheeling Marshall 1900    
Wheeling Heights Ohio 1933    
Wheeling Junction Brooke 1894-1935    
Wheeling Mills         See Wheeling Valley
Wheeling Valley Marshall 1851-1859    
Whetsell Run Preston 1920    
Whetstone Clay 1907    
Whipple Fayette 1907    
Whipple Junction Fayette 1920-1933    
Whirlwind Logan 1911-1935    
Whitaker Kanawha ? 1950    
Whitby Raleigh 1920    
Whitcomb (Whitecomb) Greenbrier 1894-1935    
White Pocahontas 1911    
White Preston 1882-1930    
White Camp McDowell     P. O. 1874
Whitecare ? Jefferson 1918    
Whiteband Cobe         See Maple Valley
White Chapel Kanawha 1933-1950 ?    
White Creek Wayne 1883    
White Creek         Mouth of White Creek
White Day Monongalia 1821-1920 Also Smithton & Smithtown ?
White Day Glades Marion 1851-1857 Monongalia ante 1852
Whitehall Marion 1976    
Whiteland Cove Monroe     See Maple Lawn
Whiteland Monroe        
White Oak Raleigh 1967    
White Oak Wood     Became Volcano After 1879 ?
White Oak Ritchie 1851-1920    
White Oak Upshur 1976    
White Oak Junction Fayette 1920-1935    
White Oak Springs Preston 1976    
White Pine Calhoun 1872    
White Rock Marion 1920-1967    
White's Preston 1894    
Whites Pocahontas 1920    
White's Addition Logan 1976    
White's Creek Wayne 1859-1967    
White's Mills Logan 1859-1894    
White Stick Raleigh 1911-1935    
White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier 1811 Former Dry Creek
Whitesville Boone 1907 Former Jarrold's Valley & Pritchard City
White Tree Hill Monroe 1933    
Whitfield Ohio 1882-1933    
Whiting Pocahontas 1911-1935    
Whitman (s) Logan 1918 Whitman Junction & Whitmans
Whitmer Randolph 1911    
Whitney Fayette 1911-1935    
Whittaker (Whitaker) Kanawha 1918    
Whittaker Marshall 1911-1935 Woco (town name). Captina
Whittaker-Glessner Brooke 1935    
Whorley Raleigh 1911-1935    
Whyte Raleigh 1911-1935    
Wick Tyler 1849    
Wickham Hampshire 1920    
Wickham Raleigh 1907-1967 Former Bickel & Beckley Slope
Wicklow Fayette 1920-1935 (Meadow Fork)
Wickware Jackson 1911-1920    
Widemouth Mercer 1907-1967    
Widen Clay 1918    
Wiggins Summers 1882-1935    
Wigul Raleigh 1935    
Wikel (Wikle) Monroe 1907    
Wilber Logan 1920-1967    
Wilbur Tyler 1882    
Wilco (e) McDowell 1911 Former Tug River P. O.
Wildcat Braxton 1907-1935    
Wildcat Lewis 1918 Also Davis 1880
Wildcat Run Lewis 1857-1859    
Wildell Pocahontas 1907    
Wilding Jackson 1882    
Wiley Pleasants 1976    
Wiley Raleigh 1920-1935    
Wiley Ford Mineral 1933    
Wiley's Crossing Greenbrier 1933    
Wileys Monroe 1883    
Wileyville (Wiley (s) ville) Wetzel 1882    
Wilfong Marion 1911-1935    
Wilkinson Logan 1918    
Willabet Raleigh 1935    
Willard Harrison 1920    
Willards Wood 1851    
Willard Branch Junction Harrison 1920    
Willey Preston 1868-1896 Also Crab Orchard
Willey Monongalia 1907-1920    
Willeytown Marion     Former Willeyville, Then Farmington, Underwood. Now Farmington
William Pocahontas ?     McDowell 1935
William Tucker 1894    
Williams Braxton 1920    
Williamsburg Greenbrier 1872    
Williams Mountain Boone 1967    
Williamson Mingo     Inc. 1905
Williamson's         See Mouth of Sycamore 1894
William's Landing Jackson     See Willow Grove
Williamsport Wood 1835-1920    
Williamsport Taylor 1855 In Harrison County 1801. Also Pruntytown or Cross Roads
Williamsport Grant 1838 In Hardy Before 1866. Into Grant 1866
Williams River Webster 1894-1935    
Williamstown Wood 1859 Was Williamsport, P. O. Duncan 1839
Williamsville Raleigh     Chartered 1822-1859
Williamsville Wood 1822    
Willibet ? Raleigh 1986    
Willis Branch Fayette 1933    
Willis Bridge Monroe 1933    
Willow Pleasants 1907-1935    
Willow Bend Monroe 1882    
Willowdale Jackson 1882-1933    
Willow Grove Jackson 1879-1935 Also Williamson's Landing
Willow Grove Mason 1894    
Willow Island Pleasants 1858    
Willow Island Wood 1851-1859 Cow Creek 1896 ?
Willow Springs Ohio 1911-1935    
Willowton Mercer 1882 Also Smithville
Willow Tree Mason 1870-1894 Little Mill Creek in 1882
Wills Mercer 1920-1935    
Wills Kanawha 1920    
Wills Hollow Kanawha 1920-1935    
Wilmore McDowell 1902    
Wilmoth Barbour 1883-1935    
Wilmoth Falls Barbour 1911    
Wilmoth's Barbour 1873-1896    
Wilmouths Ford Barbour 1920    
Wilsie Braxton 1967    
Wilson Barbour 1911    
Wilson Brooke 1894    
Wilson Ohio 1933-1935    
Wilson Cabell 1894-1935    
Wilson Grant 1907    
Wilson Lewis 1920    
Wilsonburg (h) Harrison 1858 Former Limestone Station. Also Reynoldsville
Wilsondale Wayne 1907    
Wilsonia Grant 1882-1935    
Wilson (s) Lewis 1894-1935    
Wilson (s) Kanawha 1920-1935    
Wilson's Mills Grant 1882-1894 Name Change Wilson 1892
Wilson's Switch Cabell 1911    
Wilsontown Upshur 1967    
Wilt Fayette 1920    
Winchester Randolph 1882    
Winding Gulf Raleigh 1911    
Wind-Lea Hampshire 1855-1859 Former New Creek Depot, New Creek. Changed New Creek Station
Wind Mill Gap Mercer 1933    
Windom Wyoming 1907    
Windom Mineral 1882-1935    
Windsor Brooke 1911-1935    
Windsor Heights Brooke 1930    
Windy Wirt 1882    
Winebrenner's Crossroads Berkeley 1986    
Wine Spring Hardy 1876-1881    
Winfield Marion 1860 See Canton
Winfield Putnam     Mapped in 1848. Inc. 1868. Putnam Court House 1868
Wingrove Fayette 1911    
Winifrede Kanawha 1881 Lens Creek 1851; Coalmont 1894.
Winifrede Junction Kanawha 1894-1935    
Winnie Wirt 1911-1920    
Winona Fayette 1898    
Winona Taylor 1920-1935    
Winslow Wayne 1907    
Winston Hardy 1853-1855    
Winston Nicholas 1894 Also Peters Creek
Winter Putnam 1907-1976    
Winter Kanawha 1911-1920    
Winterburn Pocahontas 1907-1935    
Wire Bridge Braxton 1911-1935    
Wirt Court House Wirt 1851 See Elizabeth 1894
Wise Jackson 1859    
Wise Monongalia 1882-1907    
Wiseburgh Jackson 1882-1920 Sandyville
Witcher Kanawha 1911-1935    
Withers Gilmer 1907    
Withrow Kanawha 1907-1920    
Withrow's Mill Fayette 1933    
Wizard Clip Jefferson     See Smithfield, Middleway & Clip
Woco Marshall     Town Name for Captina, R. R. Station Whittaker
Wolf Creek Monroe 1855    
Wolf Creek Summers 1894-1935    
Wolf Creek Station Monroe 1933    
Wolfe (Wolf) Mercer 1907    
Wolf Mills Preston 1894    
Wolf Pen Wyoming 1933    
Wolf Run Braxton 1911    
Wolf Run Marshall 1882 Seatonville
Wolf's Store Gilmer 1894    
Womelsdorf Randolph     Inc. 1895
Wonnan Wetzel 1920    
Wood Ohio 1933    
Wood Mason 1976    
Wood Court House Wood 1895-1819 Also Newport 1805-1813. Parkersburg 1813-1859
Woodboy (Wood Bay ?) Raleigh 1920-1935    
Woodbine Nicholas 1907 Cranberry 1935 ?
Woodford Barbour 1870-1883    
Woodford Taylor 1911    
Woodland Park Marion 1920-1935    
Woodland (s) Marshall 1829 Hubb's Landing 1894 & Fish Creek 1896
Woodlawn Ohio 1918-1920    
Woodman Greenbrier 1911-1935    
Woodmont Morgan 1911    
Woodpeck Raleigh 1920-1935    
Woodrow Morgan 1907-1920    
Woodrow Pocahontas 1918    
Woodrow Randolph 1911-1935    
Woodruff Marshall 1882    
Woods Putnam 1894-1935    
Woodsdale Ohio 1911-1935    
Woodside Preston 1851-1867    
Woodson Summers     P. O. 1879-1885
Woods Run Boone 1967    
Woods Run Marion 1935    
Woodville Lincoln 1907    
Woodville Boone 1920-1935    
Woodville Fayette     See Ansted
Woodyard Roane 1882    
Woodzell Webster 1882    
Woolley Siding Wayne 1911    
Wootens Logan 1882-1894    
Workman Boone 1920    
Worley Monongalia 1882    
Worth McDowell 1895    
Worthington Marion 1851    
Worthington Station Marion 1894    
Wright Raleigh 1907    
Wright's Mills Mason 1830-1843 ?    
Wright's Mills Jackson 1821-1849    
Wriston Fayette 1911    
Wyatt Harrison 1882    
Wyatt's Ferry Randolph 1830-1833    
Wyatt's Ford Randolph 1835    
Wyco Wyoming 1918    
Wymer Lewis 1920    
Wymer Randolph 1911    
Wyndal Fayette 1907-1935    
Wyoma Mason 1882    
Wyoming McDowell 1911    
Wyoming Wyoming 1976    

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