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Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. [2]
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Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's fourth-most populous city and the center of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area .
Wood County, in northwestern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1798 and named in honor of James Wood, a soldier in the American Revolution and later the governor of Virginia. The Wood County seat is at Parkersburg on the Ohio River, which courses along the northwest border of the county.
Wood County. Named for James Wood, Virginia’s governor from 1796 to 1800, Wood County was established by the Virginia General Assembly on December 21, 1798, a little over 13 years after the first permanent white settlement (Neal’s Station) had been founded in the county. The county seat is Parkersburg.
Wood County was named for James Wood, Governor of Virginia, 1796-1799. In 1832, the town of Ripley was incorporated, Elizabeth and Harrisville on January 3, 1822, and Saint Mary’s on March 31, 1857.
About. In 2022, Wood County, WV had a population of 84.3k people with a median age of 43.8 and a median household income of $54,350. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Wood County, WV declined from 84,678 to 84,272, a −0.479% decrease and its median household income grew from $50,231 to $54,350, a 8.2% increase.
