Preston County West Virginia - Government Site
Population: 30,384
Area: 648 square miles
County Seat: Kingwood
Area Code(s) in use: 304
Time Zone: EST
Adjacent counties:
Barbour Fayette (PA) Garrett (MD) Monongalia Taylor Tucker
Public Records Directory
Court Records and Directory
Airport
Larew Airport, McKee Sky Ranch Airport, Moore Field, Titus Field, Valley Point Airport
Bay
Beaverhole
Bend
Dunkard Bottom
Bridge
Cheat River Covered Bridge, Little Sandy Creek Bridge, Tray Run Viaduct
Building
Rowlesburg Town Hall
Cemetery
Accident Cemetery, Arthurdale Cemetery, Beachy Cemetery, Beech Run Cemetery, Belleview Cemetery, Blackwood Cemetery, Bolyard Cemetery, Burns Cemetery, Cobun Cemetery, Concord Cemetery, Deakins Cemetery, Denver Cemetery, East View Cemetery, Fair View Cemetery, Kight Cemetery, Kingwood Cemetery, Lenox Cemetery, Maple Spring Cemetery, Miller Cemetery, Miller Cemetery, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Nazareth Cemetery, Parnell Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pratt Cemetery, Red Oak Cemetery, Riverview Cemetery, Sanders Cemetery, Sisler Cemetery, Teets Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Watkins Cemetery, West Cemetery, Wilson Cemetery
Church
Amboy Church, Aurora United Methodist Church, Beatty United Methodist Church, Beech Run United Methodist Church, Bethel United Methodist Church, Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Birds Creek United Methodist Church, Brandonville Friends Church (historical), Brandonville United Methodist Church, Brookside Brethren Church, Bruceton United Methodist Church, Campground United Methodist Church, Centenary United Methodist Church, Chestnut Ridge United Brethren Church (historical), Chestnut Ridge United Methodist Church, Christ United Methodist Church, Clifton Mills Union Church, Community Church, Community Presbyterian Church, Corinth United Methodist Church, Cranesville United Methodist Church, Cuzzart United Methodist Church, Denver United Methodist Church, East View Church, Erwin Methodist Church, Etam United Methodist Church, Evansville United Methodist Church, Fellowsville Assembly of God Church, Fellowsville United Methodist Church, First United Presbyterian Church, Flag Run Church, Flat Rock Church, Freeland United Methodist Church, Glade Farms United Methodist Church, Gordon Church, Great Neck Church, Green Valley United Methodist Church, Harmony Grove United Methodist Church, Hazel Run Baptist Church (historical), Hazelton Union Church, Hopewell Church, Hopewell Church, Howesville Church of Christ, Howesville United Methodist Church, Independent United Brethren Church, Irona Church, Kanes Creek United Methodist Church, Kingwood Assembly of God Church, Kingwood Baptist Church, Laurel Church (historical), Laurel Glen Church of the Brethren, Lenox Church, Little Sandy Nazarene Church, Locust Grove United Methodist Church, Manoun United Methodist Church, Maple Grove Church, Maple Spring Church, Messenger Church, Mount Carmel Church (historical), Mount Grove Church, Mount Israel United Methodist Church, Mount Moriah United Methodist Church, Mount Nebo Baptist Church, Mount Sarah United Methodist Church, Mount Union Church, Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Mountain Dale Church, Mountain Grove Church of the Brethren (historical), Mountain View Church, Nazareth Church (historical), Oak Grove Church, Oak Grove Church (historical), Old Brick Church (historical), Otterbein United Methodist Church, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Pine Grove Church, Pisgah United Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Pleasant Valley Church, Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Pleasantdale United Methodist Church, Redrock Church, Rhodes Church, Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saint Josephs Church, Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Saint Pauls Lutheran Church, Saint Pauls Methodist Protestant Church (historical), Saint Peters Church, Saint Philomena Catholic Church, Saint Sebastians Catholic Church, Salem Church of the Brethren, Shady Grove Church, Shays Chapel United Methodist Church, Sinclair United Methodist Church, Snider United Methodist Church, Stemple Ridge Church, Sugar Valley United Methodist Church, Terra Alta Baptist Church, Terra Alta First United Methodist Church, Terra Alta United Presbyterian Church, Texas Church, Trinity United Methodist Church, Union Church (historical), Valley Point Pentecostal Church, Victory Church, Webb Chapel United Methodist Church, Wesley Chapel, Wesley Church, Wesley Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, West End United Brethren Church, Whitedale Church, Wotring Chapel, York Run Pavillion United Methodist Church, Zina Chapel, Zinn Chapel, Zion Church
Civil
Fifth Magisterial District, First Magisterial District, Fourth Magisterial District, Kingwood Magisterial District, Lyon Magisterial District, Pleasant Magisterial District, Portland Magisterial District, Preston County, Reno Magisterial District, Second Magisterial District, Third Magisterial District, Union Magisterial District, Valley Magisterial District
Crossing
Fairfax Ferry (historical), Interchange 15, Interchange 23, Interchange 29, Pleasant Valley Ford, Trowbridge Ferry (historical)
Dam
Appalachian Lake Dam, B O Dam on Little Raccoon Creek, Big Bear Lake Dam, Bruceton Mills Dam, Chippewa Lake Dam, Elmer Grimm Lake Dam, Fairfax Pond Dam, Lake O'Woods Recreation Club Dam, Mountaintop Vacationland Dam, Preston County Light and Power Company Dam, Preston County Light and Power Company Lake Number Two Dam, Terra Alta Lake Dam, Town of Masontown Water Supply Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Four Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number Five Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number One Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number Seven Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number Six Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number Three Dam, Upper Deckers Creek Structure Number Two Dam
Flat
White Rock Glade
Gap
Friends Gap
Hospital
Conley Hospital (historical), Darst Hospital (historical), Gore Hospital (historical), Hopemont State Hospital, Jones Hospital (historical), Preston Memorial Hospital
Locale
Caddell Mountain Lookout Tower, Kingwood Plaza Shopping Center, Morgan Mines, Old Virginia Furnace, Reckart Mill, Snaggy Mountain Lookout Tower, White
Park
Arthurdale Historic District, Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Bruceton Mills Wildlife Management Area, Camp Dawson Public Hunting Area, Cathedral State Park, Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District, Fairfax Stone State Park, Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Populated Place
Afton, Albright, Alpine Lake, Amblersburg, Amboy, Anderson, Arthurdale, Atlantic (historical), Aurora, Austen, Beech Run, Birds Creek, Blaser, Borgman, Brandonville, Breedlove (historical), Bretz, Brookside, Browns Mill, Bruceton Mills, Buckhorn (historical), Bull Run, Burk, Caddell, Camp Ground, Carmel, Cascade, Chestnut Ridge, Claude, Clifton Mills, Colebank, Concord, Corinth, Cranesville, Cuzzart, Dayton, Denver, Dority, Eglon, Erwin, Etam, Evansville, Fellowsville, Five Forks, Florence (historical), Freeport, Glade Farms, Gladesville, Guseman, Guseman (historical), Hardesty, Hayden (historical), Hazelton, Heathers Run, Herring, Hiorra, Hiram, Hopemont, Hopewell, Horse Shoe Run, Howesville, Hudson, Independence, Irona, Israel, Jessop, Kanes Creek, Kanetown, Keeler Glade, Kingwood, Laurel Run, Lenox, Little Sandy, Macomber, Manheim, Manown, Marquess, Masontown, Morgans Glade, Mount Nebo, Mount Olivet, Mount Vernon, Mountain Dale, Mountain View, Mountain View, Newburg, Oriole (historical), Orr, Pisgah, Pleasant Valley, Pleasantdale, Preston, Reedsville, Rockville, Rodemer, Rohr, Rowlesburg, Ruthbelle, Saint Joe, Salem, Salt Lick, Scotch Hill, Sell, Silver Lake, Sinclair, Snider, Stevensburg, Sugar Valley, Sutherland (historical), Terra Alta, Threefork Bridge, Towson (historical), Trowbridge (historical), Tunnelton, Turner Douglass, Valley Point, Victoria, West End, Whetsell (historical), White Oak Springs, Wrights (historical), Wymps Gap, Zar (historical), Zevely
Post Office
Afton Post Office (historical), Albert Post Office (historical), Albright Post Office, Amblersburg Post Office (historical), Amboy Post Office, Anderson Post Office (historical), Arthurdale Post Office, Aurora Post Office, Austen Post Office (historical), Brandonville Post Office, Breedlove Post Office (historical), Bretz Post Office, Brookside Post Office (historical), Bruceton Mills Post Office, Buckhorn Post Office (historical), Buckner Post Office (historical), Bullrun Post Office (historical), Caddell Post Office (historical), Carmel Post Office (historical), Cherry Grove Post Office (historical), Clifton Mills Post Office (historical), Corinth Post Office, Courtney Post Office (historical), Cranesville Post Office (historical), Cuzzart Post Office, Dayton Post Office (historical), Denver Post Office (historical), Dority Post Office (historical), Eglon Post Office, Erwin Post Office (historical), Etam Post Office (historical), Evansville Post Office (historical), Fellowsville Post Office (historical), Flag Post Office (historical), Florence Post Office (historical), Glade Farms Post Office (historical), Gladesville Post Office (historical), Guseman Post Office (historical), Hardesty Post Office (historical), Harned Post Office (historical), Hayden Post Office (historical), Hazelton Post Office, Henry Post Office (historical), Herring Post Office (historical), Hiorra Post Office (historical), Hopemont Post Office, Horse Shoe Run Post Office, Howesville Post Office (historical), Hudson Post Office (historical), Independence Post Office (historical), Invermere Post Office (historical), Irona Post Office (historical), Kanes Creek Post Office (historical), Kempton Post Office (historical), Kingwood Post Office, Knotts Mills Post Office (historical), Larew Post Office (historical), Lenox Post Office (historical), Lyon Post Office (historical), Macomber Post Office (historical), Manheim Post Office, Manown Post Office (historical), Maple Run Post Office (historical), Marquess Post Office (historical), Masontown Post Office, Mildred Post Office (historical), Mill Run Post Office (historical), Morgans Glade Post Office (historical), Morlan Post Office (historical), Newburg Post Office, Oriole Post Office (historical), Orr Post Office (historical), Pisgah Post Office (historical), Plainview Post Office (historical), Preston Tannery Post Office (historical), Rathbone Post Office (historical), Reedsville Post Office, Rockville Post Office (historical), Rodamers Post Office (historical), Rohr Post Office (historical), Rowlesburg Post Office, Salt Lick Falls Post Office (historical), Sell Post Office (historical), Sinclair Post Office (historical), Tannery Post Office (historical), Taylor Post Office (historical), Teets Post Office (historical), Terra Alta Post Office, Tunnelton Post Office, Valley Point Post Office (historical), Victoria Post Office (historical), West End Post Office (historical), Whetsell Post Office (historical), White Post Office (historical), Willey Post Office (historical)
Range
Briery Mountains
Reservoir
Alpine Lake, Appalachian Lake, Big Bear Lake, Bruceton Mills Lake, Chippewa Lake, Chippewa Lake, Fairfax Pond, Hulls Lake, Lake O' Woods, Silver Lake, Terra Alta Lake, Terra Alta Lake, Town of Masontown Water Supply D Lake
Ridge
Bearwallow Ridge, Chestnut Ridge, High Ridge, Hogback Ridge, Irish Ridge, Knotts Ridge, Lantz Ridge, Nettle Ridge, Sinclair Ridge, Stemple Ridge, Thomas Ridge
School
Accident School (historical), Albright Elementary School (historical), Alder School (historical), Amboy School (historical), Arthurdale School (historical), Aurora Elementary School, Beatty School (historical), Beech Run School (historical), Belleview School (historical), Bonniefield School (historical), Braham School (historical), Brandonville Academy (historical), Bretside School (historical), Broad Ford School (historical), Bruceton Junior High School (historical), Bruceton Mills Elementary School (historical), Bruceton School, Buffalo Schoolhouse (historical), Burns School (historical), Cale School (historical), Canaan School (historical), Cash Valley School (historical), Center School (historical), Central Preston Middle School, Cheat Lake Junior High School (historical), Cherry Grove School (historical), Chestnut Ridge School (historical), Concord School (historical), Crane School (historical), Cranesville School (historical), Cuppert School (historical), Deep Hollow School (historical), Denver Elementary School (historical), East Preston Junior High School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Fellowsville Elementary School, Forest Dale School (historical), Forman Gate School (historical), Friendship School (historical), Glade Meadows School (historical), Glover School (historical), Gordon School (historical), Grange Hall School (historical), Green Valley School (historical), Greenville School (historical), Guseman School (historical), Guthrie School (historical), Halpritter School (historical), Harmony School (historical), Hockert School (historical), Hoyes Run School (historical), Ingleside School (historical), Integrity Christian School, Irish Ridge School (historical), Kelly School (historical), Kingwood Elementary School, Laurel Glen School (historical), Lick Run School (historical), Lime Plant School (historical), Locust Grove School House (historical), Lynn Dale School (historical), Macomber School (historical), Mankin School (historical), Messenger School (historical), Mount Nebo School (historical), Mount Pleasant School (historical), Mount Zion School (historical), Mountain Grove School (historical), Mountain Run School (historical), Mountain View School (historical), Mountain View School (historical), Newburg Elementary School (historical), North Avenue School (historical), Pell School (historical), Pine Grove School (historical), Pine Grove School (historical), Pine Run School (historical), Pisgah School (historical), Pleasant Valley School (historical), Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse (historical), Preston High School, Redoak School (historical), Redrock Schoolhouse (historical), Rhodes School (historical), Ridenour School (historical), Rowlesburg School, Saint Josephs School, Salem School (historical), Salem School (historical), Sand Run School (historical), Sandy School (historical), Saunders School (historical), School Number 16 (historical), Scotch Hill School (historical), Sell School (historical), Shafer School (historical), Sigley School (historical), Sisler School (historical), Slabtown Schoolhouse (historical), Snowy Creek School (historical), South Avenue School (historical), South Preston Middle School, Spurgeon School (historical), Stanbaugh School (historical), Stemple Ridge School (historical), Sugar Valley School (historical), Summer School (historical), Terra Alta Elementary School (historical), Terra Alta High School (historical), Terra Alta/East Preston School, Triune School (historical), Tunnelton-Denver Elementary School, Union Grove School (historical), Union School (historical), Vale School (historical), Valley Elementary School, Valley School (historical), Victory School (historical), Washington Manor School (historical), West Preston Middle School, Whetsell School (historical), White School (historical), York Run School (historical)
Spring
Boiling Spring, Dayton Evans Spring, Elmer Smith, Elmer Smith, Gillis Spring, Hopemont Spring, Lace White Spring, Manacea Spring, Old Indian Spring, Pickering Farm Spring, Ward Thompson Spring
Stream
Ashpole Run, Back Run, Barnes Run, Bear Run, Bear Run, Bearwallow Run, Beaver Creek, Bee Run, Beech Run, Big Run, Big Run, Big Run, Big Sandy Creek, Big Sandy Creek, Big Sandy Creek, Birchroot Run, Birds Creek, Boyd Run, Brains Creek, Brocum Run, Browning Run, Browning Run, Browning Run, Buckhorn Run, Bucklick Run, Bucklick Run, Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Run, Buffalo Run, Buffalo Run, Buffalo Run, Bull Run, Cabbage Run, Cherry Run, Christopher Run, Church Creek, Conner Run, Cooks Run, Crab Orchard Run, Cupp Run, Daugherty Run, Dillan Creek, Dog Run, Dority Run, Elk Run, Elsey Run, Falls Run, Fickey Run, Fields Creek, Fike Run, Flag Run, Frog Run, Gibson Run, Glade Run, Glade Run, Glade Run, Glade Run, Glade Run, Glady Run, Greens Run, Gum Run, Hackelbarney Run, Hayes Run, Hazel Run, Heather Run, Hickory Bearpen Run, Hog Run, Hogback Run, Hoyes Run, Hoyes Run, Hoyes Run, Irish Run, Jeffry Fork, Joe Run, Joes Run, Jump Rock Run, Kanes Creek, Keyser Run, Kinsinger Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Laurel Run, Left Fork Little Sandy Creek, Left Fork Sandy Creek, Lick Run, Lick Run, Lick Run, Lick Run, Lick Run, Little Bucklick Run, Little Buffalo Creek, Little Buffalo Creek, Little Laurel Creek, Little Laurel Run, Little Laurel Run, Little Lick Run, Little Raccoon Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Little Wolf Creek, Madison Run, Maple Run, Maple Run, Maple Run, Maple Run, Martin Creek, Martins Run, Middle Run, Mill Run, Morgan Run, Mountain Run, Mountain Run, Muddy Creek, Muddy Creek, Muddy Creek, Muddy Creek, Muddy Run, Ned Run, Ned Run, Ned Run, North Branch Snowy Creek, Parker Run, Patterson Run, Patterson Run, Patterson Run, Patterson Run, Patterson Run, Patterson Run, Pheasant Run, Pine Run, Piney Run, Pringle Run, Ragtavern Run, Rhine Creek, Right Fork Little Sandy Creek, Roaring Creek, Rubles Run, Rubles Run, Rubles Run, Salt Block Run, Salt Block Run, Salt Block Run, Saltlick Creek, Sandy Creek, Scott Run, Scott Run, Slabcamp Run, Snowy Creek, Snowy Creek, Snowy Creek, South Branch Laurel Run, South Branch Laurel Run, South Branch Laurel Run, South Branch Snowy Creek, South Fork Greens Run, Sovern Run, Spruce Run, Squires Creek, Stacks Run, Stamping Ground Run, Stony Run, Stony Run, Stony Run, Stony Run, Sugarcamp Run, Sugarcomb Run, Swamp Run, Sypolt Run, Tankiln Run, Tanner Run, Tibbs Run, Tray Run, Wardwell Run, Webster Run, White Oak Springs Run, White Oak Springs Run, White Oak Springs Run, Wildcat Run, Wolf Creek, Wolf Run, York Run
Summit
Brushy Knobs, Cannon Hill, Evans Hill, Fike Hill, Gregg Knob, Kelley Knob, Mount Phoebe, Pigeon Knob, Pine Swamp Knob, Shaffer Mountain, Sickle Hill, Snaggy Mountain
Swamp
Pine Swamp
Tower
Sand Spring Lookout Tower, WFSP-AM (Kingwood), WKMM-FM (Kingwood), WNPB-TV (Morgantown), WVPM-FM (Morgantown)
Tunnel
Kingwood Tunnel
Valley
Bell Hollow, Darnell Hollow, Fill Hollow, Green Valley, Long Hollow, Negro Hollow, Ryan Hollow, Ryan Hollow, Ryan Hollow
| Race | Population |
| White |  30,055 |
| Mixed | 145 |
| Black | 104 |
| Asian | 41 |
| American Indian | 34 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 5 |
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