Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States

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Details for Ritchie County

Name

Ritchie County

Place Type

County

Located in

West Virginia, United States

County Seat

Harrisville

Coordinates

Latitude		39.1667471		39° 10' 00.3" N
Longitude		-81.0831669		81° 04' 59.4" W

Population

10,233

Elevation

293 m

Surrounding Counties

Tyler NE
Doddridge E
Gilmer SE
Calhoun S
Wirt SW
Wood W
Pleasants N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1689049

Histopolis Place ID

946126070

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Ritchie County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Ritchie County West Virginia Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/cemetery.htm (3 Oct 2009)

Ritchie County, West Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia (14 May 2010)

Ritchie County, West Virginia WV, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Ritchie County, West Virginia WV, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23090 (26 Nov 2008)

Cemeteries in or near Ritchie County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23090&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (7 Jan 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Ritchie County, W.Va. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RI.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Ritchie County, West Virginia
http://www.interment.net/us/wv/ritchie.htm (16 May 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > West Virginia > Ritchie County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > West Virginia > Ritchie County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WV/Ritchie/ (27 Feb 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=3106 (3 Sep 2009)

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Cities of Ritchie County

1 City, 5 Towns, 58 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Admiral (historical u.p.)	Auburn (town)	Beatrice	Beech Grove
Berea	Brohard	Burnt House	Cairo (town)
Cantwell	Chevaux De Frise	Cisco	Cokeleys
Cornwallis	Dutchman	Ellenboro (town)	Eva
Finch	Five Forks	Fonzo	Girta
Glendale	Goffs	Hannahdale	Harrisville (town)
Hartley	Hazelgreen	Highland	Holbrook
Iris (historical u.p.)	Lamberton	Lawford	League
Lone Valley	Long Run	Low Gap	Macfarlan
Mahone	Mellin	Mountain	Nutter Farm
Oil Spring	Oxbow	Pennsboro (city)	Petroleum
Pew Hill	Pike	Prunty	Pullman (town)
Racket	Racy	Riddle (historical u.p.)	Riverside
Rusk	Rutherford	Sandhill	Six Hill
Slab	Smithville	Stanley	Star Settlement (historical u.p.)
Toll Gate	Trilby (historical u.p.)	Washburn	White Oak

Cemeteries of Ritchie County

47 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Auburn	Ayers	Beckner	Betheny Churchyard
Broadwater	Buck Run	Burnthouse	Buzzard
Cunningham	Douglas	Elfritz	Ellenboro
Fairmont	Fox	Frederick	Goose Creek
Hatfield	Haught	Heck	Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Indian Creek Churchyard	King Knob	Lamb	Layfields
Lynch	Mason	Masonic	Masonic (Pennsboro)
Metz	Morris	Mount Olive	Mountain
Moyers	Mt. Olive (*)	Nutter	Pine Grove
Pine Grove	Pleasant Ridge	Pullman Churchyard	Reeves
Rexroach	Riddles Chapel	Six	Stewart
Swisher	Taylor	Westfall	White Oak

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