Section Nine
COUNTIES
County Register
Historical Information
County Officials & Officers
Magisterial District Officers
Statistical Facts & Figures
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COUNTY REGISTER
BARBOUR
Formed in 1843 from parts of Randolph, Harrison
and Lewis counties; named in honor of Philip
Pendleton Barbour, distinguished jurist of
Virginia.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber, plastic, buckwheat, dairying,
livestock, fruit, poultry, grain.
Barbour County Commission
8 North Main Street
Philippi, WV 26416
Phone: (304) 457-4339
Fax: (304) 457-5472
www.barbourcounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Belington, Junior, Philippi.
County Seat: Philippi.
Magisterial Districts (3): North, South, West.
Voting Precincts: 16.
Area: 345.41 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 16,589.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Philippi,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Alan D. Moats, (D), ornton.
Terms of Circuit Court: Fourth Monday in
February, May, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Gerald M. Fogg, (D).
General Receiver: Libby Huff.
Circuit Court Reporter: Debbie Arthur,
Fairmont.
Adult Probation Officer: Bonnie Viani.
Juvenile Probation Officer: Heather Pride.
Magistrates: Kathi McBee; Tina Mouser.
Family Court Judge: Beth Longo.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: John M. Cutright, (R), Phillipi.
Board of Education: Eric Ruf; David Everson;
JoAnne McConnell; Reg Trefethen; Dana
Stemple.
County Clerk: Macel L. Auvil, (R), Philippi.
County Commission: Phil Hart, (R), president;
Jedd Schola, (D); Timothy L. McDaniels, (R).
Terms of Court: First Monday in February, May
and October.
Prosecuting Attorney: Leckta L. Poling, (D).
Sheriff: Phillip Ferguson, (D), Philippi.
County Coordinator: Jeff Rogers.
Surveyor: Dennis Fisher.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Grace Stemple;
George Weekley.
Coroner: Fulvio R. Franyutti, (D).
Medical Examiners: Rob Jones; Teresa Gray;
Amy Campbell; Rick Campbell.
County Superintendent of Schools: Joseph
Super.
Emergency Services Director: Ronald
Skidmore.
County Agricultural Agent: Josh Peplowski.
4-H Club Agent: Barbara Wolfe.
President, Farm Bureau: Sam Miller.
President, Farm Women’s Council: Pat
Cochran.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Rosemary Bowmar, Moatsville.
Board of Health: Geneva Mayle; Gary
Cunningham; John M. Mosesso; Barbara
Barkley; Denise Leach.
Health Officer: William San Pablo, M.D.
Public Health Nurse: Jane Rachelle Sutton.
Sanitarian: Laura Stackpole.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: (Vacancy).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jude McConnell.
Secretary: Eloise Hollen.
Treasurer: Lynne Snyder.
Members
South District: Sandy Ferguson; Lynn Snyder;
David Proudfoot; Tim Ferguson.
North District: Eloise Hollen; Joyce Wilson;
Mark Hollen; Ronnie Martin.
West District: Sharon Corley; Tamula Stemple;
Larry Corley; Bob Wilkins.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Max Grove.
Vice Chair: John Heiss.
Secretary: Kathryn Rose.
Treasurer: Sherman Wilkinson.
Members
South District: Max Grove, Belington; Eleanor
Jo Grove, Belington; Chad Findley, Belington.
North District: Timothy McDaniel, Philippi;
Kathryn Rose, Philippi.
West District: Sherman Wilkinson, Philippi;
Blanche McDaniels, Philippi; Charlotte
Wilkinson, Philippi; Kenneth Moats, Philippi.
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BERKELEY
Second oldest county in West Virginia. Created
in 1772 from the northern third of Frederick
County (Virginia) and named for Norborne
Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt), colonial governor
of Virginia from 1768 to 1770.
At Bunker Hill, in this county, in 1726, Morgan
Morgan founded the first permanent settlement of
record in western Virginia. In commemoration of
this event, the State of West Virginia has erected
a monument in Bunker Hill State Park and has
placed a marker at the grave of Morgan Morgan,
which is in a cemetery near the park.
e first Episcopal Church (Christ Church) in
what is now West Virginia was erected at Bunker
Hill by Morgan Morgan in 1740. ree years later
(about 1743), the first Baptist church (Mill Creek
Church) was organized at Gerrardstown.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
cement and road materials; General Motors;
DuPont; W. Va. Air National Guard; Guardian
Fiberglass; Variform Vinyl Siding; Quad Graphics;
FedEx; Orgill, Inc.; Ecolab; fruit, vegetables, hay
and grain, dairying, livestock, poultry.
Berkeley County Commission
400 West Stephen Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone: (304) 264-1923
Fax: (304) 267-5049
www.berkeleycountycomm.org
Municipalities: Hedgesville, Martinsburg.
County Seat: Martinsburg.
Magisterial Districts (6): Adam Stephens,
Norborne, Potomac, Shenandoah, Tuscarora,
Valley.
Tax Districts (8): Arden, Falling Waters,
Gerrardstown, Hedgesville, Hedgesville Town,
Martinsburg, Mill Creek, Opequon.
Voting Precincts: 66.
Area: 324.78 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 104,169.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Martinsburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (23rd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Gray Silver III (D); David H. Sanders,
(D); Christopher C. Wilkes, (R); John C,
Yoder (R). Michael Lorensen.
Terms of Court: ird Tuesday in February,
May, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Virginia M. Sine, (D).
Court Reporters: Marcy Chandler; Tracy Rice;
Claudette Gaujot-Turner; Kate Slayden; Kathy
Cook.
General Receiver: Richard McCune.
Chief Probation Officer: Mark Hofe.
Magistrates: Sandra L. Miller; Joan V. Bragg;
Harry L. Snow; JoAnn B. Overington; James
Humphrey.
Family Court Judges: Sally G. Jackson; David P.
Greenberg; David A. Camiletti.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Larry Hess.
Board of Education: Dr. William F. Queen,
president; Richard Pill; Todd M. Beckwith;
Dr. Darin Gilpin; Ron Gray. Patrick Murphy.
County Clerk: John W. Small, Jr., (R).
County Commission: President Douglas E.
Copenhaver, Jr., (R); Vice President James
P. Whitacre, (R); Elaine C. Mauck, (R). James
Barnhart; Dan Dulyea.
Prosecuting Attorney: Pamela Games-Neely, (R).
Chief Deputy Prosecutor: Christopher
Quasebarth.
Assistant Prosecutors: Caitlin Bailey, Joseph
Kinser, Erin Swisshelm, Gregory Jones;
Christine Riley; Timothy Helman; Cheryl
Saville; Gregory Garrettson; Stephanie
Saunders; Carmela Cesare.
Sheriff: Kenneth M. Lemaster, Jr., (D).
County Surveyor: Paul Lewis Flick.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Susan Snowden;
David DeJarnett; William T. Rice; Dr. Frank
Hill, III.
County Superintendent of Schools: Manuel P.
Arvon II.
County Administrator: Alan Davis.
Emergency Services Director: Stephen Allen.
Emergency Services Chief Assistant: Edward
Gochenour.
City Manager: Mark Baldwin.
Extension Agent: Mary Beth Bennett.
Parks and Recreation Director: Stephen Catlett.
4-H Club Agent: Douglas Hovatter.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Ann Koncer.
Berkeley County Farm Bureau President: Matt
Ware.
Board of Health: Teresa McCabe, Mary Jane
Rinard; Robert L. Burkhart; George Karso;
Rudy Lee Foltz; Dr. Jerry Fogle.
Health Director: Dr. Diana Gaviria.
Head Nurse: Vickie Greenfield.
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Health Department Administration Assistant:
Bill Kerarns.
Sanitarians: Hudson Fowler; Lee Fowler.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Ronnie
Allen.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Ken Collinson.
Vice Chair: Michelle Barnes-Russell.
Treasurer: Norma Verges.
Secretary: Richard Paden.
Members
Adam Stephens District: Ken Collinson;
Virginia Sine.
Norborne District: Tony Petrucci; Susan Fink.
Potomac District: Norma Verges; (Vacancy).
Shenandoah District: Gary Collins; Michelle
Barnes-Russell.
Tuscarora District: David Bender; Lucy Smith.
Valley District: Richard Paden; (Vacancy).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Gary W. Kelly.
Vice Chair: Eric Householder.
Secretary: Betty Combs.
Treasurer: Pamela Brush.
Members
Adam Stephens District: H.D. Boyd; (Vacancy).
Norborne District: Ron Caho; Carole
Newsome.
Potomac District: John Overington; Betty
Combs.
Shenandoah District: Eric Householder;
Maxine Householder.
Tuscarora District: Keven Justice; Laura
Shifflett.
Valley District: Betsy Plumer; (Vacancy).
BOONE
Formed in 1847 from parts of Kanawha, Cabell
and Logan counties and named for Daniel Boone,
noted hunter and explorer, whose home was in the
great Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Coal, lumber, natural gas; tobacco, strawberries.
Boone County Commission
206 Court Street
Madison, WV 25130
Phone: (304) 369-7301
Fax: (304) 369-7306
www.boonecountywv.org
Municipalities: Danville, Madison, Sylvester,
Whitesville.
County Seat: Madison.
Magisterial Districts (3): Districts 1, 2, 3.
Voting Precincts: 34.
Area: 506 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 24,629.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Madison,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (25th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Jay M. Hoke, (D), Hamlin, chief judge;
William S. ompson, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Monday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Sue Ann Zickefoose.
Court Reporter: Shelly Kelley, Charleston.
Probation Officers: Jerry Swanson, Hamlin;
Matthew Beckett, Hamlin; Alaina Harvey,
Huntington; Eric Harper, Madison; Scottie
Stowers, Madison; Stacia Roberts, Madison.
Magistrates: Porter Snodgrass, Racine; Charles
M. Byrnside, Madison.
Family Court Judges: Cynthia J. Jarrell,
Danville; Scott Elswick, Alum Creek.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Jennings P. Miller, (D), Madison.
Board of Education: Mark Sumpter, Madison;
Danny Cantley, Racine; Joe Tagliente, Jr.,
Nellis; Charles Gibson, Van; Gary Woodrum,
Foster.
County Clerk: Gary W. Williams, Comfort.
County Commission: Harry Michael Brown,
president, Madison; Atholl Halstead, Seth;
Eddie Hendricks, Uneeda.
Terms of Commission: First and third Tuesdays
of each month, 10:00 a.m.; last Tuesday of
each month, 5:00 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: D. Keith Randolph.
Sheriff: William Randall White, (D), Wharton.
Surveyor: John R. McClure, (D), Foster.
County Administrative Assistants: James A.
Gore, Uneeda; Pamela White, Wharton.
County Maintenance Director: Kerry R.
Dickens, Van.
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County Superintendent of Schools: John
Hudson, Comfort.
Assistants: Dr. Lisa Beck, Danville; Jeff
Huffman, Hamlin.
Emergency Services Director: Greg Lay,
Danville.
Board of Health: Ona Jane Howell, chairman;
Tilden Bell, Manila; Doug Bell, Madison;
Donald Pauley, Racine; Richard Browning,
Wharton.
Health Officer: Philip Galapon.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Keither
Baisden, Gordon.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Sue Ann Zickefoose, Madison.
First Vice Chair: Harry Michael Brown.
Second Vice Chair: Gary W. Williams,
Seth.
Congressional District Vice Chair: Joshua
Stowers.
Secretary: Lee Ann Dale, Chapmanville.
Co-Associate Chairs: Rachael Stephens,
Julian; Anita Perdue, Nellis.
Social/Executive Secretary: Pamela A. White,
Wharton; Harold Russell omas, Gordon.
Treasurer: Susan Baisden, Gordon.
Members
District 1: Anita Perdue, Nellis; Susan Grubbs,
Whitesville; Ryan Graley, Ashford; Roger
Toney, Ashford.
District 2: Pam White, Wharton; Susan
Baisden, Gordon; Emory Carter, Van; Russell
omas, Gordon.
District 3: Rachael Stephens, Julian; Sheila
Krueger, Madison; Emory Browning,
Morrisvale; Gary Brown, Madison.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Acting Chair: Larry Lyon, Jr.
Vice Chair: Donna Gosney.
Members
District 1: (Vacancies).
District 2: Elizabeth “Libby” Brown, Wharton;
Barry Howell, Van; Chris Dolin.
District 3: Donna Gosney, Madison; Lawrence
Lyon, Jr., Madison; Mark Nelson, Danville.
BRAXTON
Formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis, Kanawha
and Nicholas counties and named for Carter
Braxton, Virginia statesman and signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
Important salt works were formerly located at
Bulltown and here, in 1772, Captain Bull and
his family and friendly Delaware Indians were
massacred by frontiersmen.
Braxton Game Refuge (6,851.75 acres) is located
in this county.
Sutton Reservoir, area 1,700 acres; provides
camping, boating, fishing (warm water species),
flood control impoundment, trout in tail waters of
dam. Sportsman’s paradise--northern pike caught
(state record 1970).
Burnsville Reservoir provides camping, boating,
fishing, picnic areas and nature trails. e area is
developed for wildlife management by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, natural gas; livestock, poultry, dairying,
hay and grain.
Braxton County Commission
300 Main Street, PO Box 486
Sutton, WV 26601
Phone: (304) 765-2835
Fax: (304) 765-2093
www.braxtoncounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Burnsville, Flatwoods, Gassaway,
Sutton.
County Seat: Sutton.
Magisterial Districts (4): Eastern, Northern,
Southern, Western.
Voting Precincts: 18.
Area: 519.70 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 14,523.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Sutton,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (14th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Richard A. Facemire, (D); Jack Alsop,
(D), Webster Springs.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
February, June and October.
Circuit Clerk: Susan Lemon, (D).
Court Reporters: Jan Campbell.
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General Receiver: Bernard R. Mauser.
Probation Officers: Jacob Foster; Vickie Britner.
Magistrates: David Singleton; Mary Beth
Smith.
Family Court Judge: Robert Reed Sowa.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Brenda Mollohan.
Board of Education: Jimmy Huffman,
Exchange; David Hoover, Sutton; Elizabeth
Stewart, Sutton; Kathy Parker, Heaters; Van
Carr, Gassaway.
County Clerk: Susan K. Lunceford, (D).
County Commission: Ronald Facemire,
president; Gary T. Ellyson II; George F.
Skidmore.
Terms of Court: First and third Friday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Kelly L. Hamon.
Sheriff: Eddie Wayne Williams.
Fiduciary Supervisor: Tamera Facemire.
Coroner: Robert A. Stalnaker.
County Superintendent of Schools: David
Dilly.
Emergency Services Director: Sam Mace.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Neva Bickel, Gassaway.
Extension Home Economist: (Vacancy).
President, Farm Bureau: Donald Burroughs.
Board of Health: Diane Cole; Glendon Jones;
Ronald Facemire; Chris Bright; Eric
Campbell.
Health Officer: Brent Glover, D.O.
Sanitarian: William Chris Garrett.
Health Nurse: Sissy Price.
Health Department Administrator: Sissy Price.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Jack
Belknap.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Co-Chairs: Doug Facemire and Brenda S.
Mollohan.
Members
Southern District: Ronald L. Facemire, Sutton;
(Vacancy).
Eastern District: Brenda S. Mollohan, Sutton;
Dewey Keener, Jr., Sutton.
Western District: Esta L Boggs, Gassaway;
(Vacancy).
Northern District: Martha Belle Taylor, Napier;
Bernard Butler, Burnsville.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Herbert White, Gassaway.
Members
Southern District: Scott W. Witman, Strange
Creek; Anna R. Witman, Strange Creek.
Eastern District: (Vacancies).
Western District: Irvin (I.J.) Cottrill, Gassaway;
(Vacancy).
Northern District: Eddie W. Williams;
(Vacancy).
BROOKE
Created in 1797 from part of Ohio County and
named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of
Virginia from 1794 to 1796.
A monument two miles east of Wellsburg marks
the spot where stood the first Grimes Golden apple
tree.
e first Episcopal Church (St. John’s Church)
west of the Allegheny Mountains in what is now
West Virginia was erected on the Follansbee-
Eldersville Road in this county in 1793.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Sheet steel and tin plant, sheet metal and tin
containers, plastic containers, coal, paper bags and
boards, tar and chemicals, electric power, glass and
glassware; dairying, fruit.
Brooke County Commission
632 Main Street
Wellsburg, WV 26070
Phone: (304) 737-4024
Fax: (304) 737-4023
www.brookewv.org
Municipalities: Beech Bottom, Bethany,
Follansbee, *Weirton, Wellsburg, Windsor Heights.
County Seat: Wellsburg.
*Magisterial Districts (3): Follansbee, Weirton,
Wellsburg.
Voting Precincts: 27.
Area: 92.50 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 24,069.
*Also in Hancock County.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Wellsburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (1st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: James P. Mazzone, (D), Wheeling;
David Sims, (D), Wheeling; Ronald E.
Wilson, (D), New Cumberland; Jason A.
Cuomo, Wellsburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
March, June and November.
Circuit Clerk: Glenda Brooks.
Court Reporter: Julie Kreefer, New
Cumberland.
General Receiver: Jane D. McGaughy.
Probation Officer: Terry Stuck (D)
Magistrates: Linda J.R. Viderman; Robin L.
Snyder.
Family Court Judges: Joyce Dumbaugh
Chernenko; William Sinclair.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: omas Oughton, (D), Wellsburg.
Board of Education: Jim Piccirillo, President,
Follansbee District; Brian Ferguson, Wellsburg
District; Jim Lazear, Follansbee District; Pam
Dudley, Wellsburg; Chad Haught, Weirton.
County Clerk: Sylvia J. Benzo, (D), Follansbee.
County Commission: Tim Ennis, (D),
Wellsburg District; Stacey Wise, (D), Weirton
District; Jim Andreozzi, (D), Follansbee
District.
Terms of Court: Every Tuesday.
Prosecuting Attorney: Joseph Barki III,
Wheeling, (D).
Assistant: David F. Cross, (R), Wheeling;
William Cipriani, Wellsburg (D); John Kyle,
Wheeling.
Special Investigator: (Vacancy).
Probation and Juvenile Officer: Terry Stuck,
(D).
Sheriff: Charles W. Jackson, (D)
Surveyor: Mark Wiersbicki.
Fiduciary Commissioner: Wayne Mielke;
Andrew J. omas.
County Superintendent of Schools: Kathy
Kidder-Wilkerson.
Assistant: Marty Bartz.
Emergency Services Director: Bob Fowler.
WVU Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Agents, 4-H: Norman Schwertfeger;
Jason Rine.
President, 4-H Leaders Association: Matt
Stromeyer.
Board of Health: Sylvia Taylor, chair; Vicky
Gallo; John Cunningham; Rose Briggs; Joe
Ierise.
Health Officer: Dr. Joseph DePetro.
Health Office Administrator: Karen McClain.
Sanitarians: Howard Bertram; Michael Bolen;
Britney Hervey Farris.
Nurses: Norma Provenzano; Sandy Rogers;
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Craig
Sperlazza.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Richard McCullough.
Members
Wellsburg District: Michael Traubert; Art
Sullivan; Della Serevicz; Mary Blum.
Follansbee District: Richard McCullough; John
Casinelli.
Weirton District: Heidi Sullivan; Stacey Wise;
George Kondik.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: James Gray.
Vice Chair: Roy James.
Secretary: Don James.
Treasurer: Lynn Davis.
Members
Wellsburg District: Lynn Davis.
Weirton District: (Vacancies).
Follansbee District: (Vacancies).
CABELL
Created in 1809 from Kanawha County and
named in honor of William H. Cabell, governor of
Virginia from 1805 to 1808. County seat moved
from Barboursville to Huntington in 1887.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
glass and glassware, alloys of nickel and its
products, railway and mine cars, clothing, steel
rails, chemicals, lumber and its products, natural
gas; tobacco, dairying, fruit, poultry, sorghum.
Cabell County Commission
750 5th Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: (304) 526-8634
Fax: (304) 526-8648
www.cabellcounty.org
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Municipalities: Barboursville, *Huntington,
Milton.
County Seat: Huntington.
Magisterial Districts (5): #1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Voting Precincts: 71.
Area: (2010): 281.02 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 96,319.
*Part of Huntington in Wayne County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Huntington,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (6th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Chris Chiles, (D); Jane Hustead, (D);
Paul Farrell, (D); Alfred E. Ferguson, Jr., (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
January and May; second Monday in
September.
Circuit Clerk: Jeffrey E. Hood, (D).
Court Reporters: Michelle Hankins; Jeannie
Hall; Kathryn Little; Joanne Betler.
Special Commissioners: Appointed on a case
basis by respective judge.
Probation Officers: Jonny Winkler; Jennifer
Wells-Browning; Charles McCann; Michelle
Hunter; Chris May; C. Matt Meadows; Eddie
Taylor; Christen VanOoteghem; Joshua
Parlier; Jason Adkins; Charles McCann; Jade
Ginn; Nikita Jackson.
Magistrates: Johnny McCallister, (D);
Scott Bias,(D); Michael Woelfel, (D); Ron
Baumgardner, (D); Darrell Black, (D); Dan
Goheen,(D); Danne Vance, (D).
Family Court Judges: Ronald E. Anderson;
Patricia Keller.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Irv Johnson, (D).
Board of Education: Suzanne McGinnis Oxley;
Mary Neely; Rhonda Smalley; Garland “Skip”
Parsons; Karen Nance.
County Clerk: Karen S. Cole, (D).
County Commission: Nancy Cartmill, (R);
Anne Yon, (R); Robert L. Bailey, Jr., (D).
County Manager: Chris Tatum.
Terms of Court: Second and fourth ursday of
each month.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Steven Flesher; Greg
Howard.
Prosecuting Attorney: Sean K. Hammers, (D).
Assistants: Charles Peoples; Jara Howard Smith;
Kellie Neal; Lauren Plymale; Kent Bryson;
Jason Spears; Joe Fincham; Sharon Frazier;
Sarah Dixon.
Sheriff: Tom McComas (D).
Coroner: Julie Maynard.
Director, Emergency Medical Services: A.
Gordon Merry, III.
Director, 911 Services: Mike Davis.
County Superintendent of Schools: William
Smith.
4-H Agent: Matt Keefer.
Camp Superintendent: Matt Keefer.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Bob Bailey.
First Vice Chair: Nancy Eplin.
Second Vice Chair: Eldon Paugh.
Recording Secretary: Lorrie Crigger.
Resident Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Mary Ann Henry.
Members
District 1: Bob Bailey; Brenda Kay Adams.
District 2: Chris Crigger; Lorrie Crigger
District 3: Joe Fincham; Janet Garten.
District 4: Sean Hornbuckle; Tonia Page.
District 5: Kenny Graybeal.
District 6: John Rice; Monika Rowe.
District 7: Joe Hutchinson; Susan Hubbard.
District 8: Nancy Eplin; Billy Chaffin.
District 9: David Massie; Janet Artrip.
District 10: Eldon L. Paugh; Brenda Chapman.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: T-A nne See.
Vice Chair: Monty Fulton.
Vice Chair: Tina Hendry.
Secretary: David Williams.
Treasurer: Nancy Peterson.
Members
District 1: Jim Rumbaugh; Donna T. Rumbaugh.
District 2: Jesse Davis.
District 3: Alvin Boyer; Anne Dandelet.
District 4: Janet Butler.
District 5: Mary Jane Stanley; Ken Reffeitt.
District 6: Matthew Rorhbach; Sherry
McClanahan.
District 7: ( Vacancy).
District 8: Mark Morgan; T-Anne See.
District 9: Nancy Peterson; Jim Peterson.
District 10: Jean Morris.
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CALHOUN
Created in 1856 from Gilmer County and named
for John C. Calhoun, eminent statesman of
South Carolina. In early years the county seat was
located in Arnoldsburg, Brooksville and at the
mouth of Pine Creek.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, lumber, RPR Industries;
hay and grain, livestock, poultry, dairying.
Calhoun County Commission
PO Box 230
Grantsville, WV 26147
Phone: (304) 354-6725
Fax: (304) 354-6447
www.calhouncounty.wv.gov
Municipality: Grantsville.
County Seat: Grantsville.
Magisterial Districts (5): Center, Lee, Sheridan,
Sherman, Washington.
Voting Precincts: 10.
Area: 280.20 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 7,627.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Grantsville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: omas C. Evans III, (R), Ripley; David
W. Nibert, (D), Pt. Pleasant.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Sheila R. Garretson, (D).
Court Reporters: John Berkhouse; Sandra
Hickman.
Commissioners in Chancery: By appointment.
Adult Probation Officers: Justin D. Smith;
Kimberly Mertz.
Acting Juvenile Probation Officers: Justin D.
Smith; Kimberly Mertz.
Parole Officer: Richard Goff, Ripley.
Magistrates: Teresa Carpenter; Richard
Postalwait.
Family Court Judge: Larry S. Whited.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Jason Nettles, (D).
Board of Education: Cynthia Dale; Steve
Whited; Larry Harris, Jenna Jett, Jackie
Collins-Frail.
County Clerk: Jean Simers, (D).
County Commission: Scottie Westfall II, (D),
president; Robert J. Weaver, (D); Kevin
Helmick, (D).
Terms of Court: Second Monday, 9:00 a.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: Shannon Jones Johnson, (D).
Sheriff: Carl Ballengee, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioner: Richard Frum, (D).
Coroner: Rebecca Swisher.
County Superintendent of Schools: Timothy
Woodward.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Sue Collins, Rush Run.
County 4-H Leaders Association: David
Weaver, President.
Extension Agent: Jamie Mullins.
President, Farm Bureau: Dean Miller.
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, Inc.,
Board of Directors: Kathy Frederick; Rita
Kight; Jean Simers; Ron Blankenship; Harold
Carpenter; Richard Fitzwater, Wade Farrar,
Beverly Marks, Kathy Mason.
Health Officer: (Vacancy).
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Chuck
Holmes.
Little Kanawha Area Development Corp.:
Diane Ludwig, director; James Sullivan;
Donnie Pitts; Kevin Helmick; John Rose; Curtis
Garretson; Penny McVay; Alvin Engelke; Bryan
Sims, Bob Gunnoe; Joyce Sellers; Garland
Martin.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Michael Hicks.
Secretary: Jacob McCumbers.
Treasurer: Harold Carpenter.
Vice President: (Vacancy).
Members
Sheridan District: (Vacancies).
Center District: Richard (Burl) Postalwait.
Sherman District: Harold Carpenter.
Lee District: Randall Arnold, Arnoldsburg.
Washington District: (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Gaylen Dusky.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
Center District: Gaylen Duskey; Barbara Duskey.
Lee District: Linda McCartney; Charlie
McKown.
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Sheridan District: Judy Wolfram; Frank
Wolfram.
Sherman District: Tahonne Mefford.
Washington District: Angela Morris; Robert
Kennedy.
CL AY
Formed in 1858 from parts of Braxton, Kanawha
and Nicholas counties and named in honor of
Henry Clay, Kentucky statesman.
e Golden Delicious Apple originated on Porters
Creek, Clay County.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber, natural gas, petroleum; hay and
grain, livestock, poultry.
Clay County Commission
207 Main Street, PO Box 190
Clay, WV 25043
Phone: (304) 587-4259
Fax: (304) 587-4202
www.claycounty.wv.gov
Municipality: Clay.
County Seat: Clay.
Voting Districts (3): A, B, C.
Magisterial Districts (5): Buffalo, Henry, Otter,
Pleasant, Union.
Voting Precincts: 11.
Area: 346.61 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 9,386.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Clay,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (14th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Jack Alsop, (D), Webster Springs;
Richard A. Facemire, (D), Sutton.
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Monday in
March, second Monday in July, and first
Monday in November.
Circuit Clerk: Michael Asbury, (D).
Court Reporter: Jan Campbell, Sutton; Lauren
Morrison, Webster
General Receiver: Wayne King, (D).
Probation Officer: Lucy Cruickshanks, (D).
Juvenile Probation Officer: Lucy Cruickshanks,
(D).
Female Probation Officer: Lucy Cruickshanks,
(D).
Magistrates: Charles J Rider, (D); Jeffrey Boggs,
(D).
Family Court Judge: Donald K. Bischoff.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Teresa Lane, (D).
Board of Education: R. B. Legg, president,
Indore; Cheryl White, Wallback; David W.
Pierson Jr., Clay; Marshall Morgan Triplett,
Clay; Dave Mullins, Clay.
County Clerk: Connie Workman, (D).
County Commission: Alex Greg Fitzwater,
president, (D); Jerry Linkinoggor (D); Arlene
Tucker (D).
Terms of Court: Second and Fourth Wednesday
in each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Jim Samples, (D),
Procious.
Sheriff: Garrett D. Samples Jr., (D), Procious
Surveyor: (Vacancy)
Fiduciary Commissioners: Wayne King, (D);
Glen Sutton, (D).
Coroner: Cynthia H. Duffield; Leilani K.
Tucker.
County Superintendent of Schools: Kenneth
Tanner.
Assistant: Michael W. Mullins.
Emergency Services Director: Stacy Ruth King.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: (Vacancy).
4-H Agents: Michael Shamblin; Ami Cook.
Board of Health: Elizabeth Hubbard, (R);
Joyce Mclaughlin, (R); Judith Comb,(R);
Teddy Underwood,(D); (Vacancy).
Health Officer: Dr. Lea Pattell, Charleston.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Terry A.
Legg, (D), Clay.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Lindy Carper.
Secretary/Treasurer: Wanita Gray.
Members
District A: Jimmy Duffield, Maysel; Erwin
orne, Ivydale.
District B: Wanita Gray; Two Run; Frankie
Kerr.
District C: Lindy Carper, Procious.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Michael D. Boggs.
Members
District A: Karen Nicholas, Wallback.
District B: Michael D. Boggs, Maysel; Sandra
Boggs, Maysel; Linda K. Rhodes, Clay.
District C: Leslie Osburn, Indore; (Vacancies).
DODDRIDGE
Created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler,
Ritchie and Lewis counties and named for Phillip
Doddridge, a distinguished statesman of western
Virginia who spent the greater part of his life in
Brooke County, West Virginia. Home county of J.
H. Diss DeBar, who designed the Great Seal and
Coat of Arms of West Virginia.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, lumber; livestock, poultry.
Doddridge County Commission
118 East Court Street
West Union, WV 26456
Phone: (304) 873-2631; (304) 373-1840
www.doddridgecounty.wv.gov
Municipality: West Union.
County Seat: West Union.
Magisterial Districts (4): Beech, Maple, Oak, Pine.
Voting Precincts: 12.
Area: 321.61 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 8,202.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address West Union,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (3rd Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Timothy L. Sweeney, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday
in February and July; and fourth Monday in
October.
Circuit Clerk: Dwight E. Moore, (R).
Court Reporter: Debra Fox Windom.
Master Commissioner: Matthew W. Alexander
(D).
General Receiver: Dwight E. Moore, (R).
Probation Officer: Kristen Layfield.
Magistrates: Olivia Adams, (R); Jamie Lou
Moran, (R).
Family Court Judges: Lori Butler Jackson;
Cornelia Reep.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: David E. Sponaugle, (R).
Board of Education: Chad Evans, president;
Denver Burnside; Roger Lee Bell; Laura
Cottrill; Dorothy Pigott.
County Clerk: Beth A. Rogers, (R).
County Commission: Gregory L. Robinson,
(R); Ralph Sandora Jr., (R); Ronald L. Travis,
(R).
Terms of Court (for all commissioners): First
and ird Tuesdays of January, April, July, and
October.
Prosecuting Attorney: A. Brooke Fitzgerald, (R).
Sheriff: Michael Headley, (R).
Surveyor: Daniel J. Wellings, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Matthew W.
Alexander, (D); John Scott, (R); Cynthia J.T.
Loomis (N).
Coroner: Phyllis Posey.
County Superintendent of Schools: Ora E.
Coffman, III.
Emergency Services Director: Charles P.
Heaster.
Extension Agent: Zona S. Hutson.
President, Farm Bureau: James Foster, New
Milton.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Ethel Nicholson.
Board of Health: Lewis E. Knight, chair;
William Wysong; Judy Bee; Clinton D.
Means; Ora L. Ash.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner: Judy
McCullough or Keith White.
Health Officer: Paul D. Davis, M.D.
Chief Sanitarians: Mark Whittaker.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Anthony
Lopez.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mary Ann Gum, New Milton.
Secretary: Janet Ferguson.
Treasurer: Wilma Balis, Salem.
Members
Beech District: Ora L. Ash, Salem; Wilma
Balis, Salem.
Maple District: Bryan Ash; (Vacancy).
Oak District: Mary A. Gum, New Milton; John
K. Davis, Salem.
Pine District: Charles P. (Pat) Heaster; Janet
Ferguson.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Roger Leggett, West Union.
Vice Chair: urman Cox, Salem.
Secretary: Artice Richards, Salem.
Treasurer: Ezra Richards, Salem.
Members
Beech District: Artice Richards, Salem; Ezra
Richards, Salem.
Maple District: Kristi McDonaugh, Salem;
John Robert McDonaugh, Salem.
Oak District: Mary Jane Schafer, Salem; Cary
Schafer, Salem.
Pine District: Connie Cox, Salem; urman
Cox, Salem.
FAYE T TE
Created in 1831 from parts of Greenbrier,
Kanawha, Nicholas and Logan counties and
named in honor of the Marquis de LaFayette.
First court held at New Haven, near Ansted.
New River Gorge Bridge, Canyon Rim, Babcock
and Hawk’s Nest state parks, also Plum Orchard
Lake, public fishing area, are located in this
county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, ferro-alloys, lumber; livestock, dairying.
Fayette County Commission
100 Court Street
Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: (304) 574-4290
Fax: (304) 574-4255
www.fayettecounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Ansted, Fayetteville, Gauley
Bridge, Meadow Bridge, Mount Hope,
*Montgomery, Oak Hill, Pax, Smithers,
urmond.
County Seat: Fayetteville.
Magisterial Districts (3): New Haven, Plateau,
Valley.
Voting Precincts: 39.
Area: 666.50 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 46,039.
*Part of Montgomery in Kanawha County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Fayetteville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (12th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Paul M. Blake, Jr., (D), Fayetteville;
John W. Hatcher, Jr., (D), Edmond.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Daniel E. Wright, (D), Oak Hill.
Court Reporter: Judy Cottle; Jimmy Stewart.
Commissioners: Philip J. Tissue; Paul O. Clay,
Jr.
General Receiver: Paul O. Clay, Jr., (D).
Probation Officers: Janette V. Woodrum;
Marilyn Ferda; Jerrod White; Jerry
Willoughby; Jon Kesler.
Magistrates: Samuel Parsons, (D); Leonard
Bickford, (D); Sharon McGraw, (D), Oak
Hill; Danita Young, (D).
Family Court Judge: Matt England, (D).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Eddie Young, (D).
Board of Education: Steve Bush, president; Lou
Jones, vice president; Pat Gray; Leon Ivey;
Patsy Holliday.
County Clerk: Kelvin E. Holliday, (D), Oak
Hill.
County Commission: Denise Scalph, (D),
president, Fayetteville; Matthew Wender, (D),
Oak Hill; John H. Lopez, (D) Smithers.
Terms of Court: First and last Fridays, monthly,
unless otherwise advised.
Prosecuting Attorney: Larry Harrah, (D),
Fayetteville.
Sheriff: Steve W. Kessler, (D), Mt. Hope.
Surveyor: Jack Booda, (D), Oak Hill.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Jamie Blankenship,
(D); Philip J. Tissue, (R).
County Superintendent of Schools: Terr y
George.
Associate Superintendent: Serena Starcher.
Emergency Services Director: Joe Crist.
4-H and Youth Development/ Assistant
Professor Youth Development: Andrea Mendor.
Family and Health Extension Agent: Lauren
Weatherford.
Office Manager: Cassandra Bandy.
CPC/Agriculture and Natural Resources
Agent: Brian Sparks.
Nutrition Outreach Instructor: Kelsey
Laubach.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Peggy Gwinn.
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Board of Health: John Frazier; Rose Anne
Michaels; Roy Crist; William Preston; James
Rappold.
Health Officer: D. C. Newell, Jr.
Sanitarian: Phil Peron.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: (Vacancy).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Marion Tanner, Fayetteville.
Associate Chair: Jack ompson, Fayetteville.
Recording Secretary: Susan Williams.
Treasurer: Debbie Bush.
Fayette County Democratic Women: Denise
Eskew Scalph, Ex Officio/President.
Members
New Haven District: Marion Tanner,
Fayetteville; Calentha Quesenberry,
Fayetteville; Jack ompson, Fayetteville;
Donald Beals, Fayetteville.
Plateau District: Larry Dotson, Oak Hill;
Mollie Ray, Oak Hill; Debbie Bush, Oak
Hill; Paul Lee, Oak Hill.
Valley District: Susan Williams, Falls View;
Chuck Keenan; Ron Alexander; Linda
Richmond.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Gary Lilly, Fayetteville.
Vice Chair: Judith Mackey, Fayetteville.
Secretary: omas Fast, Fayetteville.
Treasurer: James Murdock, Fayetteville.
Members
New Haven District: omas Fast, Fayetteville;
Jim Murdock, Fayetteville; Loretta Munique,
Oak Hill; Elizabeth Epperson, Oak Hill.
Plateau District: Richard Mackey, Oak Hill;
Wesley Queen, Oak Hill; Judith Mackey,
Oak Hill; Kayla Kessinger, Mt. Hope.
Valley District: William Hughes, Pax; Randy
Prince, Danese; Julia Work, Oak Hill; Hollie
Beckwith, Fayetteville.
GILMER
Formed in 1845 from parts of Lewis and
Kanawha counties and named for omas Walker
Gilmer, governor of Virginia, 1840-1841, later a
representative in Congress and Secretary of the
Navy in President Tyler’s cabinet.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, lumber; hay and grain,
livestock.
Gilmer County Commission
10 Howard Street
Glennville, WV 26351
Phone: (304) 462-7470
Fax: (304) 462-7994
www.gilmercounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Glenville, Sand Fork.
County Seat: Glenville.
Magisterial Districts (4): Center, City, DeKalb-
Troy, Glenville.
Voting Precincts: 14.
Area: 342.40 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 8,693.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Glenville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (14th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Richard A. Facemire (D), chief judge,
Sutton; Jack Alsop, (D), Webster Springs.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
March, July, and November.
Circuit Clerk: Karen Elkin, (D), Burnsville.
Court Reporters: Jan Campbell, (D), Sutton.
Probation Officer: Michael Haley, (R).
Magistrates: Carol Wolfe, (D); Alton L. Skinner
II, (D).
Family Court Judge: Larry S. Whited, (R),
Grantsville.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Gary L. Wolfe, (D).
Board of Education: William Simmons,
president; omas Ratliff; Misty Pritt, Norma
Hurley, Carl Armour.
County Clerk: Jean Butcher, (R).
County Commission: Larry B. Chapman, (D);
John D. Bennett, (D); Brian Kennedy, (D).
Terms of Court: First and ird Friday of
Month
Prosecuting Attorney: Gerald B. Hough, (D).
Sheriff: Larry Gerwig, (D).
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Fiduciary Commissioners: Brenda Lawson;
(Vacancy).
Medical Examiner/Coroner: Jesse McVaney.
County Superintendent of Schools: Gabriel
Devono.
Emergency Services Director: Susan
Kirkpatrick, (D).
Flood Warning Coordinator: Susan
Kirkpatrick, (D).
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Ann Nestor, (R).
President, Farm Bureau: Keith Cole.
Board of Health: Amanda Frymier, president;
Charles Harold, Member; Betty Smith,
Member; Larry Gerwig, Member; Alecia
Edwards, Member
Chief Sanitarian: Jack Heater, (D).
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Rodney
Pettit, (D).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Sandra A. Pettit, Sand Fork.
Secretary: Conner Ferguson, Glenville.
Treasurer: Bob Radabaugh, Sand Fork.
Members
Center District: Heather Jamison, Cedarville;
(Vacancy).
City District: Stephen Dye, Glenville; Anna
Jean Rogucki, Glenville.
DeKalb-Troy District: Wilda Porter Jones,
Linn; Conner Ferguson, Glenville.
Glenville District: Bob Radabaugh, Sand Fork;
Sandra A. Pettit, Sand Fork.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Willard Wright, Jr.
Vice Chair: Delbert Shackleford.
Secretary: Alecia Edwards.
Treasurer: August Beyer.
Members
Center District: (Vacancies).
City District: (Vacancies).
DeKalb-Troy District: (Vacancies).
Glenville District: Willard L. Wright, Jr.
GRANT
Created from Hardy County in 1866 and named
for General Ulysses Simpson Grant.
e Fairfax Stone, marking the southwestern limit
of Maryland, which is determined by the head
spring or fountain of the Potomac River, is situated
in the extreme western angle of the county.
Petersburg Trout Hatchery, Spring Run Trout
Hatchery and part of the Monongahela National
Forest are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
machinery, printing, polymers, electric power,
coal, lumber; livestock, hay and grain, poultry,
fruit, maple sugar.
Grant County Commission
5 Highland Avenue
Petersburg, WV 26847
Phone: (304) 257-4422
Fax: (304) 257-9645
www.grantcountywv.org
Municipalities: Bayard; Petersburg.
County Seat: Petersburg.
Magisterial Districts (3): Grant, Milroy, Union.
Voting Precincts: 16.
Area: 478 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 11,937.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Petersburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Philip B. Jordan, Jr., (D), Keyser; Lynn
A. Nelson, (R), Keyser.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
March; second Tuesday in July; first Tuesday
in November.
Circuit Clerk: Nancy B. Dayton, (R).
Court Reporters: Maria Clark; Mary Jane
Smith.
General Receiver: (Vacancy).
Probation Officers: Jerome V. DiBacco, Jr.,
Parsons; omas Felton, Parsons; Seth
Haines, Keyser; Melissa Roderick, Keyser;
Ronald Sherman III, Petersburg.
Magistrates: Willard L. Earle II, (R); Emory W.
Feaster, Jr, (R).
Family Court Judge: Amanda H. See, (D),
Moorefield.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Ralph G. Layton, (R).
Board of Education: Janie Berg; Jared Amtower;
Hugh Harris; Debora Hedrick; Scotty Miley.
County Clerk: Harold G. Hiser, (R).
County Commission: Douglas E. Swick, (R);
James C. Cole, (R); Jim Wilson, (R).
Terms of Court: Second and fourth Tuesday of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Jeffrey R. Roth, (R).
Sheriff: George Douglas Fletcher, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: James Paul Geary,
(R); John Ours, (R); Duke A. McDaniel, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: Dr. DeEdra
Bolton.
Emergency Services Director: Peggy BoBo, Alt.
County Extension Agent: Brad D. Smith;
Kassidy Haslacker.
President, County Farm Bureau: Hollis C.
Ours.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Tomasenia Ours.
Board of Health: Dr. John Glover, Chairman;
Stephen Rexrode; Mike Hipp; Dave Amtower;
Scott Gossard.
Health Officer: John L. Hahn, M.D.
Sanitarians: Cullen Sherman.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Gary L. White, Milroy.
Secretary: Delores Alt Propst, Milroy.
Treasurer: Anne Kopple, Grant.
Members
Grant District: Hank Kopple.
Milroy District: Daniel Alt; Pat Snell.
Union District: (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Barbara George Judy, Milroy.
Secretary/Treasurer: Peggy Nelson, Union.
Members
Grant District: Jane Kite Keeling; Mac Porter;
Allan Kile.
Milroy District: Allen Evans; Mary Hawk.
Union District: Raymond W. Nelson; Marlene
Nelson.
GREENBRIER
Second largest county in West Virginia. Created
in 1778 from parts of Augusta and Botetourt
counties (Virginia) and named for the principal
river which drains the county. e first permanent
settlement was established in 1769 at Frankford
(unincorporated).
White Sulphur Springs has been a spa since 1778.
Now the site of e Greenbrier hotel, it attracts
guests from all over the world who come to enjoy
e Greenbrier’s magnificent accommodations
and sports facilities.
Old Stone Church, built in 1796 at Lewisburg,
still in use by the congregation, was the first
Presbyterian Church erected west of the Allegheny
Mountains.
Greenbrier State Forest and part of the
Monongahela National Forest are located in this
county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber, road materials, resort and convention
center, medical school; livestock, hay and grain,
poultry, fruit, dairying.
Greenbrier County Commission
200 North Court Street
Lewisburg, WV 24901
Phone: (304) 647-6689
Fax: (304) 647-6650
www.greenbriercounty.net
Municipalities: *Alderson, Falling Spring
(Renick), Lewisburg, Quinwood, Rainelle,
Ronceverte, Rupert, White Sulphur Springs.
County Seat: Lewisburg.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Eastern,
Western.
Voting Precincts: 29.
Area: 1,022.80 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 35,480.
*Also in Monroe County
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Lewisburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (11th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: James J. Rowe, (D), Chief judge; Robert
E. Richard, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
February, June, and October.
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Circuit Clerk: Louvonne Arbuckle.
Court Reporters: Jeanne Kellison; Judy V.
Nelson.
Probation Officers: Tonya Hoover; Robert
Tooze.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Karen B. Lemons;
Dustin Martin.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner: Tom White.
Magistrates: Brenda Campbell; Brenda Smith;
Charles D. Beard.
Family Court Judge: David M. Sanders.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Steven G. Keadle, (D).
Board of Education: Jeanie Wyatt; Hazel Reed;
Kay Smith; Bob Toothman; Stephen Baldwin.
County Clerk: Robin Loudermilk, (D).
County Commission: Lowell C. Rose, (D),
Ronceverte; Michael F. McClung, (R),
Lewisburg; Woody Hanna, (D), Friars Hill.
Terms of Court: Second Tuesday and fourth
Tuesday each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Patrick Via, (R).
Sheriff: Jan Cahill, (D).
Surveyor: Charles W. Smith.
Fiduciary Supervisor: Joni Harrah.
Coroners: Frankie Jones; James Lewis; Josh
Lewis.
County Superintendent of Schools: Sally
Dalton.
Associate: Cathy ompson.
Assistant: Doug Clemons.
Emergency Services Director: Al Whitaker.
County Extension Agent: John McCutcheon,
III.
Extension Agent, Home Economics: Kay Davis.
Extension Agent, 4-H: Robin Haynes.
President, Farm Bureau: Be n Tuc k w i l ler.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Novella Green.
Board of Health: Arnold Hasen; Patricia Lally;
Vicki Gallaher; Lowell Rose; Monica Venable.
Physician Director: Zainab Shamma-Othman,
M.D.
Sanitarians: Amanda McMichael; William
Knowlton; Stacy King.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Jim Moore.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Paul Moya.
Vice Chair: Vicki Dove.
Secretary/Treasurer: Br ad Tuck w i l ler.
Members
Central District: Robin Rosenburg Spence;
Vicki Dove; Brad Tuckwiller; Paul Detch.
Eastern District: Karen Lobban; McKenzie
Moya; Paul Moya; Paul Jacoby.
Western District: Kathy Martin; Jeffery
McCraw; Steve Rutledge.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Susan T. Spicer.
Vice Chair: James “Jim” W. Childers, Sr.
Secretary/Treasurer: Debbie McComb.
Members
Central District: Jim Childers; Heath Bennett;
Rose Dobbins; Jane Scott.
Eastern District: Denny R. Canterbury;
F. Samuel Masters; Susan T. Spicer; Debbie
McComb.
Western District: John Wyatt; Kevin Nutter;
Carol McClung.
HAMPSHIRE
Oldest county in West Virginia. Formed from
parts of Frederick and Augusta counties (Virginia),
in 1754, and named for the English Shire of the
same name.
Nathaniel Mountain Game Refuge (8,193.79
acres) and part of the George Washington National
Forest are located in this county.
On Ice Mountain, 16 miles north of Romney, ice is
found along North River throughout the year, even
on the hottest summer days. Capon River and the
South Branch River provide fishing, canoeing and
floating in tributaries of the Potomac River.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
logging and lumber, pulpwood, fruit, hay, cattle
and poultry.
Hampshire County Commission
66 North High Street, PO Box 806
Romney, WV 26757
Phone: (304) 822-5112
Fax: (304) 822-4039
www.hampshirewv.com
Municipalities: Capon Bridge, Romney.
County Seat: Romney.
Magisterial Districts (8): A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
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Voting Precincts: 24.
Area: 641.44 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 23,964.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Romney,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (22nd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Charles E. Parsons, Div. 2, Romney; H.
Charles Carl, III, Div. 1, Romney.
Terms of Court: First Tuesday in January, May,
and September.
Circuit Clerk: Sonja K. Embrey, (R).
Court Reporter: Susan Landes, Courtney Funk.
Commissioner in Chancery: Loudoun L.
ompson, (D).
General Receiver: Garry Buckbee.
Probation Officer: Laurie Hartman, Steve
Davis.
Magistrates: Shirley Timbrook, Div. 1; Ronald
Diciolla, Div. 2.
Family Court Judge: Glen R. Stotler, Div. 1.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Norma Wagoner.
Board of Education: Jean Shoemaker, president;
Bernard Hott; Gerald Mathias; John Ward;
Bonita Wilcox.
County Clerk: Eric W. Strite (R).
County Commission: Steve Slonaker, (D);
David R. Parker, (R); Robert Q. Hott, (R).
Terms of Court: First Monday in April; fourth
Tuesday in July; fourth Tuesday in October;
and third Tuesday in December.
Prosecuting Attorney: Daniel M. James, (R).
Sheriff: John P. Alkire, (R).
Surveyor: Richard Moreland.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Cathe Moreland,
(D); Jonathan G. Grill, (D); William Judy, III,
(R).
Coroner: Penny Hartman, Jason Judy.
County Superintendent of Schools: Marianna
T. L eone.
Emergency Services Director: Brian Malcoln.
WVU Extension Agents: Kelly Hicks; Stephen
Starcher.
President, Farm Bureau: Randall Omps.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Carolyn Bowman.
Board of Health: Tod Gross, chair; Steve
Slonaker; Kelli Eglinger; Judith Hott; William
Lipps.
Health Officer: omas Daugherty, M.D.
Health Department Administrator: Stephanie
Shoemaker.
Environmental: Derrick Haggerty.
Nursing: Tamitha Wilkins.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Chris
Corbin.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Joe Pancione.
Vice Chair: Michelle Kuykendall.
Secretary: Linda Smith.
Treasurer: Harry Spaid.
Members
District A: Walter Loeb, Paw Paw.
District B: Robert H. Walker, Augusta.
District C: Richard Reece, Romney.
District D: Michael Smith, Linda Smith,
Romney.
District E: Garrett Kuykendall, Michelle
Kuylendall, Romney.
District F: Granis Lee, Augusta.
District G: Joe Pancione, Augusta; Judith Ann
Loy, Shanks.
District H: Harry Spaid, High View.
At Large Member: Dorothy Kengla.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Robert Wolford, Points.
Vice Chair: Nathan Sions, Romney.
Treasurer: Edith Shankle, Bloomery.
Secretary: Lisa Watson, Slanesville.
Members
District A: Robert Egtvedt, Romney; Edith
Shankle, Bloomery.
District B: Rob Wolford, Points; Patricia
McKnew, Points.
District C: Charles Price; Patricia Price,
Springfield.
District D: Eric Strite, Shanks.
District E: Kelly Sions, Romney; Nathan Sions,
Romney.
District F: David Parker, Romney; Lisa Watson,
Slanesville.
District G: Robert Q. Hott, Augusta.
District H: David Winkler, Katherine J.
Winkler, Capon Springs.
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HANCOCK
Smallest county in the state. Created from Brooke
County in 1848 and named for John Hancock,
first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Cannon balls manufactured at the iron foundry
of Peter Tarr, on King’s Creek, were used by
Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Tomlinson Run State Park is located in the
county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
iron and steel, including tin plate, chrome plate,
hot and cold rolled, galvanized and structural
shapes and piling, chinaware, pottery, brick and
fire clay, sheet metal, tin products, racetrack,
gaming; apples, dairying, livestock.
Old Tarr Furnace was the first blast furnace west
of the Allegheny Mountains. About two miles
away, modern blast furnaces, located in Weirton,
are among the largest in the United States.
Hancock County is the leading steel-producing
county in West Virginia and is the home of
ArcelorMittal Steel Company.
Hancock County Commission
102 North Court Street, PO Box 485
New Cumberland, WV 26047
Phone: (304) 564-3311
Fax: (304) 564-4059
www.hancockcountywv.org
Municipalities: Chester, New Cumberland,
*Weirton.
County Seat: New Cumberland.
Magisterial Districts (3): Butler, Clay, Grant.
Voting Precincts: 25.
Area: 88.55 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 30,676.
*Also in Brooke County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address New Cumberland,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (1st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: James P. Mazzone, (D), Wheeling;
David J. Sims, (D), Wheeling; Ronald E.
Wilson, (D); Jason A. Cuomo, Wellsburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Brenda Jackson, (D).
Court Reporters: Julie Kreefer.
General Receiver: Jane McGaughy.
Probation Officers: Pamela Stumpf (adult);
Nicole Serafine (juvenile).
Magistrates: William S. Hicks; Michael Powell;
Michael S. White.
Family Court Judges: Joyce Dumbaugh
Chernenko, (D); William Sinclair, (D).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Joseph Alongi, (D).
Board of Education: Michelle Chappell, New
Cumberland; Toni Hinerman, Weirton; Marie
Brancazio, Weirton; John Manypenny; Jerry
Durante, New Cumberland.
County Clerk: George Foley (D).
County Commission: Jeff Davis, (D); Mike
Swartzmiller, (D); Joe Barnabei, (D), Weirton.
Terms of Court: Every first and third ursday
at 2:30 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: James W. Davis, Jr., (D).
Assistants: Jack Wood; Michael W. Lucas III;
Allison Cowden; David F. Cross.
Sheriff: Ralf Fletcher, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Sara Hawthorne
Bohn; April Manypenny Raines; Dean
Makricostas.
Investigators: Dezo Polgar.
County Superintendent of Schools: Kathy
Kidder-Wilkerson.
Emergency Services Director: John Paul Jones.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Sheila Ross.
Board of Health: Phil Rujak; James Pryor;
Wilma J. Boring; Jill Orenzuk; Rick Smith.
Health Officer: Anna Suray, M.D.
Sanitarians: Chelsea Morgan; Donna Gialluco;
Carolyn Baker.
Parks and Recreation Director: James R. Akin:
David P. Willey.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Jim
Witherow.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Steve Kourpas, Newell
Vice Chair: Mary Lou Krzeczowski.
Secretary: Judy Bartley.
Treasurer: Judy Bartley.
Members
Butler District 1: Dino B. Ross; Lil Douglas.
Butler District 2: Kristin Bowman-Cross;
(Vacancy).
Butler District 3: (Vacancy).
Grant District 1: Shelba Kirkbride; Mark
Cooper.
Grant District 2: Mary Lou Kreczowski; Steve
Kourpas.
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Grant District 3: (Vacancies).
Clay District 1: Judith Bartley; John Jackson
Clay District 2: Donna Gialluco; (Vacancy).
Clay District 3: George E. Ash, Sr.; (Vacancy).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Pat McGeehan.
Vice Chair: Lizabeth Gregg-Baldt.
Secretary: Susan Baldt.
Treasurer: Carl A. Frankovitch.
Parliamentarian: Linda Wickstrom.
Members
Butler District 1: Maggie Sharrow; Bill Zoellers.
Butler District 2: Susan Baldt; Rob Denham.
Butler District 3: Judy Magnone; Bill Magnone.
Grant District 1: Patrick McGeehan.
Grant District 2: Gail Wickstrom; Linda
Wickstrom.
Grant District 3: Donna Zook.
Clay District 1: Gregory Baldt; Lizabeth Gregg-
Baldt.
Clay District 2: Carl A. Frankovitch.
Clay District 3: Deb Robertson; Scott
Robertson.
HARDY
Created from Hampshire County in 1786 and
named for Samuel Hardy, a distinguished Virginian.
Lost River State Park and part of the George
Washington National Forest are located in this
county.
Near Wardensville, Lost River disappears under
Sandy Ridge and reappears over four miles away as
the headwaters of the Cacapon River.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, cabinet manufacturing; hay and grain,
livestock, dairying, poultry production and poultry
processing.
Hardy County Commission
204 Washington Street
Moorefield, WV 26836
Phone: (304) 530-0284
Fax: (304) 530-0283
www.hardycounty.com
Municipalities: Moorefield, Wardensville.
County Seat: Moorefield.
Magisterial Districts (5): Capon, Lost River,
Moorefield, Old Fields, South Fork.
Voting Precincts: 14.
Area: 575.52 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 14,025.
C
OUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Moorefield,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (22nd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: H. Charles Carl, III, (D); Charles E.
Parsons (R).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
February, June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Kimberly Hartman, (D).
Court Reporters: Susan Landes; Courtney
Funk.
Law Clerks: Jamie Ketterman; Jeffrey
Weatherholt.
Secretaries: Diane Ruckman; Rebecca Connell.
Probation Secretaries: Pam Fitzwater, (D);
Debra Poling, (D).
Commissioner in Chancery: Jack H. Walters,
(D).
General Receiver: Karen L. Garrett, (D).
Probation Officers: John D. Rohrbaugh, (Adult)
Chief; Manda Teter, (adult/juvenile).
Magistrates: Shawna Crites, (D); Craig Hose, (R).
Family Court Judge: Amanda H. See, (D).
Case Coordinator: Sara C. Harper.
Secretary: Linda L. Ortiz.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Jim B. Wratchford, (D).
Board of Education: Margaret Shiver; Loy
Kesner; Nancy Hahn; Dixie Bean; Doug
Hines.
County Clerk: Gregory L. Ely, (D).
County Commission: William E. Keplinger,
Jr., (D); James Michael Teets, (R);
Harold K. Michael, (D).
County Commission Meeting: First Tuesday in
each month.
County Coordinator: Rose D. Helmick.
Prosecuting Attorney: Lucas See, (D).
Sheriff: Bryan C. Ward, (D).
Surveyor: David Jopling, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: William H. Judy, III,
(R); Lary D. Garrett, (D); Joyce Stewart, (R).
Coroner: J. omas Fraley.
County Superintendent of Schools: Barbara
Whitecotton.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner: John
Treadway, (D).
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Emergency Services Director: Paul R. Lewis.
County Agent: David J. Workman.
4-H Agent: Jane Jopling.
Home Economist: (Vacancy).
President, Farm Bureau: Ronnie Miller.
President, Community Educational Outreach
Service: Naomi Moyer, Mathias.
Board of Health: Dixie Bean; Nicole Keller,
(R); Gerald Hott, (D), Wardensville; Brenda
Peer, (R), Chair; Morris M. Homan, Jr.,
(D), Old Fields.
Health Officer: Dewey F. Bensenhaver,
Petersburg.
Health Administrator: William A. Ours.
Community Health Nurses: Susan Moyers;
Shawna Long.
Sanitarians: William A. Ours; Heidi Bosley.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: William B.
Robinette.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: (Vacancy).
Vice Chair: John Wilkins, Mathias.
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Sherla H. Wilkins.
Members
Capon District: (Vacancy).
Lost River District: John Wilkins; Sherla H.
Wilkins.
Moorefield District: (Vacancy).
South Fork District: (Vacancy).
Old Fields District: (Vacancy).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chairperson: Roger L. Saville.
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
Capon District: (Vacancy).
Lost River District: Annabelle Vance;
(Vacancy).
Moorefield District: Roger L. Saville; (Vacancy).
South Fork District: (Vacancy).
Old Fields District: Stephen G Smith;
Elizabeth H Smith.
HARRISON
Created in 1784 from Monongalia County and
named for Benjamin Harrison, distinguished
Virginian, who was the father of William Henry
Harrison, ninth president of the United States,
and the great grandfather of Benjamin Harrison,
23rd president.
e first Baptist church (Simpson Creek Baptist
Church) west of the Allegheny Mountains in what
is now West Virginia was organized at Bridgeport
about 1774.
West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth is
located at Industrial (unincorporated).
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
glass and glassware, coal, chemicals, petroleum,
natural gas, lumber, chinaware, pottery; livestock,
hay and grain, poultry, dairying.
Harrison County Commission
301 West Main Street
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Phone: (304) 624-8500
Fax: (304) 624-8673
www.harrisoncountywv.com
Municipalities: Anmoore, Bridgeport,
Clarksburg, Lost Creek, Lumberport, Nutter Fort,
Salem, Shinnston, Stonewood, West Milford.
County Seat: Clarksburg.
Magisterial Districts (6): North Urban, Eastern,
Northern, South Urban, Southern, Southwest.
Voting Precincts: 75.
Area: 417.85 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 69,099.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Clarksburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (15th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: James A. Matish, (D); omas A.
Bedell, (D); John Lewis Marks, Jr., (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Donald L. Kopp, II, (D).
Court Reporters: Lillie Miller; Leslie Queen; E.
Renee Eades.
Commissioners: Dean C. Ramsey; James A.
Harris; John D. Martin, II.
General Receiver: C. David McMunn.
Chief Probation Officer: Charles Scott.
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Adult Probation Officers: Michael A. Fawcett;
Virginia Baker; Michael Burnside; Janis
Shaffer; Sherri Staten.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Beth Gain; Tracy
Westerman.
Magistrate Court Clerk: Wendy Davis.
Magistrates: Warren E. Davis, chief; Frank
DeMarco; Keith Marple; Tammy Marple.
Family Court Judges: Cornelia Reep; Lori B.
Jackson.
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: James Cann;
Jonathan Fittro; D. Andrew McMunn.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Cheryl L. Romano, (D).
Board of Education: Douglas Hogue, president;
Gary Hamrick; Mike Daugherty; Kristen
Messnger; Frank Dvono, Jr.
County Clerk: Susan omas, (D).
County Commission: Ronald R. Watson, (D);
Bernie Fazzini, (D); Frank Angotti, (D).
Terms of Court: First Monday in January, May,
and September.
Prosecuting Attorney: Rachel Romano, (D).
Assistants: Susan Morris, chief assistant;
Kurt Hall; Patricia Detorri; Laura Pickens;
Jamie Armstrong; Andrea Roberts; Traci
Cook; Leeann Shuck; Shawn Adkins.
Sheriff: Albert Marano, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Carmine J. Cann,
(D); James A. Varner, (R); Norman T. Farley,
(D); James C. Turner, (R).
Coroner: Steve McIntire.
County Superintendent of Schools: Dr. Mark
Manchin.
Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services:
Paul Bump.
County Extension Agents: Jason Burnside, 4-H;
Larry Campbell, Agriculture; Rebecca
Mowbray Smith, Families and Health.
President, Farm Bureau: William Coffindaffer.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Connie Wolfinger.
Board of Health: Dr. George Shehl, chair;
Joyce Rabanal, R.N.; Martin Howe; James
Scudere; Ron Watson; Mary Ann Iquinto.
Health Officers: Nancy Joseph, M.D.,
physician/director; Chad Bundy, M.P.A.,
administrator.
Sanitarians: William Nestor; Josh Snider; Steve
Hinerman.
Public Health Nurses: Margaret Howe, R.N.,
Nurse Director; Kavin Richardson, R.N.;
Cindy Reep, R.N.
Clerical: Jill Stalnaker; Sue Adkins; April
Custer; Melissa Curtis.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Ron Fragale.
Vice Chair: Dot Mills.
Secretary: Jane Merandi.
Treasurer: Adela M. Cortez.
Members
North Urban District: Johnny Joe Madia; Jane
Merandi.
South Urban District: Martin Shaffer; Pamela
Hunt.
Southern District: Jim Nutter, Stonewood;
Dorothy Mills, Nutter Fort.
Eastern District: Stephen Santilli; Mary C.
Queen.
Northern District: W. Braden Noon; Adela M.
Cortez.
SouthWest District: Timothy Fullerton, Salem;
Mary B. Stenger, West Milford.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jack Smith.
Vice Chair: Tommy Phillips.
Secretary: Diana Bartley.
Treasurer: Ina Grimes.
Members
North Urban District: Matt Fogg, Clarksburg;
Ina Grimes, Clarksburg.
South Urban District: Curtis Edwards,
Clarksburg; Laura Kennedy, Clarksburg.
Southern District: Jackson Smith, Lost Creek;
Jean Snyder, Lost Creek.
Eastern District: Tommy Phillips, Bridgeport;
Terry Waxman, Bridgeport.
Northern District: Bradley Griffin, Shinston;
Diana Bartley, Lumberport.
SouthWest District: Jerry Todd, West Milford;
Melissa Todd, West Milford.
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JACKSON
Formed in 1831 from parts of Kanawha, Wood
and Mason counties and named for Andrew
Jackson, seventh President of the United States.
Jesse Hughes, noted Indian fighter, is buried in
this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
pulpwood, oil and gas, Constellium Aluminum;
poultry, livestock, hay and grain, tobacco.
Jackson County Commission
PO Box 800
Ripley, WV 25271
Phone: (304) 373-2220
Fax: (304) 373-0245
www.jacksoncounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Ravenswood, Ripley.
County Seat: Ripley.
Magisterial Districts (3): Eastern, Northern,
Western.
Tax Districts (7): Grant, Ravenswood, Union,
Washington, Ripley, Ripley Town, Ravenswood
Town.
Voting Precincts: 31.
Area: 471.98 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 29,211.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Ripley,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: omas C. Evans III, (R); David W.
Nibert, (D), Point Pleasant.
Terms of Court: Fourth Tuesday in February,
June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Bruce DeWees, (R).
General Receiver: Bruce DeWees.
Victim Advocate: Megan Shockey.
Child Advocate Attorney: John Wilcox.
Magistrates: Jackie Casto, (D); William omas
(Tom) Reynolds, II, (R).
Family Court Judges: Rebecca Cornett, (R),
Cottageville; Connie Fisher omas, (R), New
Haven.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Brian omas, (D).
Board of Education: Dr. omas Layne, Ripley;
Steve Wedge, Evans; Steve Chancey, Ripley;
Carroll Staats, Ravenswood; Jack Wiseman,
Ravenswood.
County Clerk: Cheryl Bright, (R).
County Commission: Dick Waybright, (R),
Ravenswood; Mike Randolph, (R), Given;
Mitch Morrison, (R), Ravenswood.
Terms of Court: Wednesdays at 9:30 AM.
Prosecuting Attorney: Kenny Skeen, (R).
Sheriff: Tony Boggs, (D).
Surveyor: (Vacancy).
Fiduciary Supervisor: Phyllis Howery.
County Superintendent of Schools: Blaine
Hess.
Emergency Services Director: Walt Smittle.
Emergency Medical Services Director: Steve
McClure.
Program Assistant: Matt Taylor.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Cecil Eskins, Murraysville.
Board of Health: Dr. James T. Hughes, Board
chair; Dr. James McCoy; Margret Ritchie;
Joyce Robinson; Terri Ranson.
Health Officer: Dr. I John Snyder, DO
Director of Environmental Health: Jonathan
Graziani, RS
Community Health Service: Susan Hosaflook,
R.N., administrator; Stephanie DeWees, RN,
BSN, director of clinical services; Jonathan
Graziani, director of environmental service;
JoEllen Wilson, staff nurse, Amy Haskins,
public health educator, director of Jackson
County Anti-Drug Coalition; Wendy
Crawford, coordinator of reat Preparedness.
County Highway Administrator: Lowell
Pistelli.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: David Mullins.
First Vice Chair: Karen Rhodes.
Associate Chair: Betty Totten.
Secretary-Treasurer: Judy Bunner.
Parliamentarian: Jerry Payne.
Assistant Secretary: Jean Abel.
Members
Northern District: Bob Blare, Ravenswood;
Larry Lacorte, Ravenswood; Jean Abel,
Ravenswood; Donza F. Cooper, Ravenswood.
Western District: Jerry Payne, Fairplain,
Ripley; Mark Garrett, Ripley; Joyce Hunt
Creel, Cottageville; Judy Bunner, Evans.
Eastern District: Janice Pitts, Ripley; Debbie
Pitts, Ripley; Jim Picarella, Ripley; Keith
Brotherton, Leroy.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Linda Quillen.
Vice Chair: Jim Templin.
Secretary: Roberta Somerville.
Treasurer: Doris Waybright.
Members
Northern District: Mike Ihle, Ravenswood;
Loudonna Watkins, Ravenswood; Doris
Waybright, Sandyville.
Eastern District: Carolyn Rader, Ripley;
Carolyn Waybright, Ripley: Bryan ompson,
Ripley.
Western District: Linda Quillen, Evans;
Roberta Somerville, Cottageville; John
Hoffman, Ripley; Dick Waybright,
Ravenswood.
JEFFERSON
Formed from Berkeley County in 1801 and named
for omas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of
Independence and third president of the United
States.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
cement and road material, clothing, paper,
boxboard, lumber, dolomite, fertilizer; fruit,
livestock, hay and grain, dairying.
Jefferson County Commission
124 East Washington Street, PO Box 250
Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone: (304) 728-3284
Fax: (304) 725-7916
www.jeffersoncountywv.org
Municipalities: Bolivar, Charles Town, Harpers
Ferry, Ranson, Shepherdstown.
County Seat: Charles Town.
Magisterial Districts (5): Charles Town, Harpers
Ferry, Kabletown, Middleway, Shepherdstown.
Voting Precincts: 32.
Area: 212.41 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 53,498.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Charles Town,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (23rd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David H. Sanders, (D), Chief judge,
Jefferson; Gray Silver, III, (D), Martinsburg;
Christopher C. Wilkes, (R), Martinsburg;
John Yoder, (R), Michael Lorensen.
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Tuesday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Laura Storm, (D).
Court Reporters: Mary Kathleen Cook; Marcia
Chandler; Tracey Rice; Claudette Turner;
Kate Slayden.
Commissioner in Chancery: Henry W.
Morrow, Jr.
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: Kirk Bottner;
Nancy Dalby; David Skillman.
General Receiver: Bank of Charles Town.
Juvenile Probation Officer: (Vacancy).
Adult Probation Officers: Heather Sargent;
Patrick Dickman, Donald Jones, III.
Magistrates: William Senseney; Mary Paul
Rissler; Gail Boober.
Family Court Judges: David Greenberg; Sally
G. Jackson; David A. Camiletti.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Angela L. Banks, (D).
Board of Education: Laurie Ogden; Kathryn
Skinner; Scott Sudduth; Gary M. Kable; Mark
Osbourn.
County Clerk: Jennifer S. Maghan, (R).
County Commission: Dale Manuel, (D); Patsy
Noland, (D); Walt Pellish, (R); Eric Bell, (R);
Jane Tabb, (R).
Terms of Court: First ursday in January,
April, July and October.
Prosecuting Attorney: Ralph Lorenzetti, (D).
Assistants: Charles B. Howard; Stephen
Groh; Brandon Sims; Hassan Rasheed;
Lyndsey Matschat; Lydia Lehman, Neil
Zahradnik, Nathan Cochran.
Sheriff: Peter H. Dougherty, (D).
Surveyor: (Vacancy).
Acting County Administrator: Stephanie
Grove.
Fiduciary Commissioners: June Jovanelly;
David A. DeJarnett; Andrew Arnold; D. Frank
Hill III.
Coroners: Donald Shirley; Candy Shirley; Justin
Caldwell.
County Superintendent of Schools: Bondy Shay
Gibson.
Emergency Services Director: Barbara Miller.
County Extension Agent: Judy Matlick; Shay
McNeil; Michael Harmon.
President, 4-H Leaders Association: Emily
Nibert.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Wallis Anne Magaha.
Board of Health: Robert Shefner; Lorena
Nathan; Willis Nowell; Mark Shields; Tom
Trumble.
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Health Officer: David Didden.
Local Health Administrator: Christina Jackson.
Sanitarians: William Zaleski; Katherine Roy,
Nicole Love.
Public Health Nurses: Julie Gray, Spring
Stillions, Emily Sensel.
reat Preparedness Coordinator: Sandy Hite.
County Maintenance Supervisor: William
Polk.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chairwoman: John Maxey.
Vice Chairwoman: Cheryl Lawrence.
Secretary: Lyn Widmyer.
Treasurer: Ann Paonessa.
Members
Charles Town District: Rod Snyder; Ann
Paonessa.
Harpers Ferry District: John Maxey; Lyn
Widmyer.
Middleway District: H. S. Leigh Koonce,
Nancy Lutz.
Shepherdstown District: Cheryl Lawrence;
Stephen Skinner.
Kabletown District: Nance Briscoe, Doug
Stolipher.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mike Ashley.
Vice Chair: Jean Jacobs.
Treasurer: Teresa Pangle.
Secretary: Dina Daley.
Members
Charles Town District: Mike Ashley; (Vacancy).
Harpers Ferry District: Brett Stone; Anne
Dungan.
Kabletown District: Peter Stevens; Jill Upson.
Middleway District: Jack Hafestay; Regina
Smith.
Shepherdstown District: Jean K. Jacobs;
(Vacancy).
KANAWHA
Formed from parts of Greenbrier and
Montgomery counties (Virginia) in 1788. Named
for the Great Kanawha River, which received its
name from the Indian tribe which once dwelt in
the territory now embraced within the county.
Kanawha State Forest is located in this county.
West Virginia State University (formerly West
Virginia State College) is located at Institute
(unincorporated). Home of the University of
Charleston (formerly Morris Harvey College).
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Chemicals and brines, coal, petroleum, natural
gas, electric power, lumber, mine machinery
and equipment; dairying, hay and grain, fruit,
vegetables, livestock.
Public recreation areas: Meadowood Park,
Tornado; Coonskin Park, Charleston; Shawnee
Park, Dunbar; Pioneer Park, East Bank.
Kanawha County Commission
407 Virginia Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 357-0101
Fax: (304) 357-0788
www.kanawha.us
Municipalities: Belle, Cedar Grove, Charleston,
Chesapeake, Clendenin, Dunbar, East Bank,
Glasgow, Handley, Marmet, *Montgomery,
+Nitro, Pratt, Saint Albans, South Charleston.
County Seat: Charleston.
Magisterial Districts (4): I, II, III, IV.
Voting Precincts: 163.
Area: 913.38 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 193,063.
*Principal part of Montgomery in Fayette County.
+Also in Putnam County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Charleston,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (13th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Charles E. King, Jr.; Louis H. Bloom;
Tod J. Kaufman; James C. Stucky; Jennifer
Bailey; Carrie L. Webster; Joanna Tabit.
Secretaries: Kim Gregory; Celeste Deitzler;
Susan Pritt; Sherry Cooke; Stephanie
Rutherford; Guyla Black; Melody Shannon.
Terms of Court: Second Monday in January,
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May, and September.
Court Administrator: Steve Hanley.
Circuit Clerk: Cathy S. Gatson, (D).
Law Clerks: Lynne Coppala; Christine Fox;
Evan Olds; Amanda Hutchinson; Ashley
Lynch; Ashlee Lambert; Leah Macia.
Court Reporters: Dwayne Price; Natalie Boggs;
Twyla Donathan; Karen King; Mary Gagnon;
Christy Bellville; Becky Baxter-Calvert.
Probation Officers (Adult): Judy A. Jones, Chief
probation officer; James F. Dunlap, deputy
PO; Angela Bartle, drug court coordinator/
PO; Mary Ann Williams, PO; Rebecca
Bostic, PO; Nona Black, PO; Kelley Estep,
PO; Ruell C. Tolliver, PO; Michael Lazo, PO;
Dustin Mullins, PO; Tamra Hyre Craig, PO;
M. Dylan Shaffer, PO; Justin Farris, PO;
Krystal Tolliver, PO.
Secretaries: Bobbi Sowards; Elizabeth Parsons;
Lydia Megan McNeely; Elizabeth Tornes.
Probation Officers (Juvenile): Keith Stewart,
chief probation officer; Angela Visconti,
deputy chief PO; Tera Adkins, Drug Court/
PO; Ricky Smoot, PO; Deborah Fields, PO;
Paula Bland, PO; Erika M. Elswick, PO;
Mona Dues, PO; Lon Kelly, PO; Nikki
Rollins, PO; Parnell Legros, PO.
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: Brady
Campbell; Barbara Utt; Robin Louderback;
Ray Keener; Jesse Forbes; Jason Lord.
Magistrates: Joe Shelton; Ward Harshbarger,
III; Tim Halloran; Pete Lopez; Kim Aaron;
Julie M. Yeager; Tracie Carper-Strickland;
Mike Sisson; Jack Pauley; Brent Hall.
Magistrate Clerk: Angela Cincinnati
Family Court Judges: R. Joseph Zak; Robert
Montgomery; D. Mark Snyder; Sharon
Mullens; Kenneth Ballard.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Sallie Robinson, (D).
Board of Education: James Crawford; Pete
aw; Becky Jordon; Ric Cavender; Ryan
White.
County Clerk: Vera J. McCormick, (R).
County Commission: Henry C. Shores, (R); W.
Kent Carper, (D); David Hardy, (D).
Terms of Court: ursday.
Prosecuting Attorney: Charles Miller (R).
Sheriff: John Rutherford, (D).
Surveyor: Bob Gunnoe.
County Manager: Jennifer Sayre
Purchasing Director: Jerie Whitehead.
Fiduciary Supervisor: Andrew Gunnoe.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Troy Giatras;
Jennifer Victor; Woody Hill; Jason Lord.
County Attorney: Marc Slotnick.
Superintendent of Schools: Ron E. Duerring,
Ed.D.
Kanawha County Emergency Services Agency:
Dale Petry, Director.
Home Economist: Kerri Wade, WVU
Extension Office.
Board of Health: Brenda Isaac, president;
Arthur B. Rubin, D.O.; Stephen A. Weber;
Robert Reishman; James Strawn; Shannon
Snodgrass; director of administrative
services, Lolita Kirk.
Medical Director: Michael R. Brumage, MC,
MPH, FACP.
Kanawha County Planning Commission: Pam
Hylbert-Eder, J.D. Stricklen, David Fletcher,
Martin Castleberry, Mark C. Shamblin, S.K.
Miller, Bobbie Howard, Jerry Childers, W.
Kent Carper, Barry Kemerer, Jack Lavender,
Robert W. Ritenour, Kenneth Miller, Steve
Reynolds, Jean Gibson.
Planning Commission Director: Steve Neddo.
Ambulance Authority Director: Joe Lynch.
Kanawha County Parks and Recreation
Commission: Allen Tackett, President; John
Huddleston; David Pope; Stuart Smith; Pat
Donahoe; Andrew Jordan; Glen Chestnut;
Doug Tench; Janet Drumheller; Anna Dailey;
Chris Hamilton.
Animal Shelter Director: Chelsey Staley.
Camp Virgil Tate Director: Kim Lupardas.
Regional Intergovernmental Council Director:
Mark Felton.
Kanawha County Library Director: Allen
Englebert.
Region III Workforce Investment Board: S.K.
Miller.
Housing Authority Director: Mark Taylor.
Regional Transit Authority: director of
operations, Mic Peaytt; general manager,
Dennis Dawson.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Elaine Harris, St. Albans.
Vice Chair: Derek Walker, Charleston.
Secretary: Michelle Peters, Charleston.
Parliamentarian: Kevin Baker.
Treasurer: Sheila Melton, Elkview.
Members
District I:
1-A: Jack Lavendar; Mildred L. Grooms.
1-B: Don Springer; Tressia Proffitt.
1-C: Larry Davenport; Jennifer Davenport.
1-D: Paul Burke; Janet Burke.
1-E: Glen Chestnut; Kathy Yates.
1-F: Barbara Legg; Terry Halstead.
1-G: Loren Snodgrass; Nola Snodgrass.
1-H: Kevin Baker; Hattie Johnson.
1-I: Janet “JT” ompson; Robert Sheets.
District II:
2-A: Ty Robb; Tiffany Anderson.
2-B: ornton Cooper; Meg Britt.
2-C: Gary Spencer; Michelle Peters.
2-D: Elena Bailey; Edward Weis.
2-E: Ben Salango; Jill Miles.
2-F: Eloise Jack; Sam Wood.
2-G: (Vacancy); Sharon Carpenter.
2-H: Timothy Taylor, Sr.; Valerie Taylor.
2-I: Denise Tucker, David Tucker.
District III:
3-A: Sue Bayliss; Charles Mooney.
3-B: Gary Winter; Norma Winter.
3-C: Jean Gibson; (Vacancy).
3-D: Elaine Harris; Donald Burford.
3-E: Hetti Terry; Ernest Terry.
3-F: Sherri Breeden, Bill Breeden.
3-G: Virginia Moles; Russ Rollyson.
3-H: Kay Moffatt; (Vacancy).
3-I: (Vacancy); Calvin Greenhowe.
District IV:
4-A: (Vacant) Harold Sweeney.
4-B: Lue Chandler; Ralph Pence.
4-C: Sheila Melton; David Ross.
4-D: Rose Ann Copen; Justin Southern.
4-E: Shonette Loftis; Rodney Loftis.
4-F: Ronnie Walls, Sr.; Sally Shepherd.
4-G: Jenna Lee McClaskie; Scott King.
4-H: Mark Hunt, Tracy Hunt.
4-I: R. Derek Walker; Denise Walker.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Carolyn Stricklen, Dunbar.
Vice Chair: Lance Wheeler, St. Albans.
Treasurer: Danny Blair, St. Albans.
Secretary: Stephanie Abramowitz, Charleston.
Members
District I:
1-A: (Vacancy); Donna Caruthers.
1-B: (Vacancy); Tressie Profitt Cabell.
1-C: (Vacancy); Jennifer Jo Strickland.
1-D: John Holmes; Debbie Holmes.
1-E: Frank Larese; (Vacancy).
1-F: (Vacancy); Donna Holstein.
1-G: John Miller; Kathleen Gatskie.
1-H: orney Lieberman; Karla Boyd.
1-I: Matt Dailer; (Vacancy).
District II:
2-A: (Vacancy); Connie Robertson.
2-B: Rob Potter; Cheryl Wyatt.
2-C: Fred Joseph; (Vacancy).
2-D: John Kogoy; Nancy Kogoy.
2-E: John Hoover; Stephanie Ambromowitz.
2-F: Nathan Lyle, (Vacancy).
2-G: (Vacancies).
2-H: Danny Stricklen; Carolyn Painter Stricklen.
2-I: John Wilshere; Michelle Wilshere.
District III:
3-A: (Vacancies).
3-B: Daniel Barnett, (Vacancy).
3-C: Lance Wheeler, (Vacancy).
3-D: Sigrid Riley, (Vacancy).
3-E: Adrian McGinnis, (Vacancy).
3-F: (Vacancies).
3-G: (Vacancies).
3-H: (Vacancy); Nancy McClanahan.
3-I: omas Collins; Dianna Graves.
District IV:
4-A: George Metz, (Vacancy).
4-B: Rick Greathouse, (Vacancy).
4-C: (Vacancy); Anna Armstead.
4-D: Larry Medley; Suzie Azvedo.
4-E: (Vacancies).
4-F: Brian Casto, (Vacancy).
4-G: Adam Knauff; Bronson Shores.
4-H: Charles Minamah, (Vacancy).
4-I: (Vacancies).
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LEWIS
Created in 1816 from Harrison County and
named for Colonel Charles Lewis, famous soldier
and leader among the Virginia Pioneers who was
killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
Jackson’s Mill, five miles north of Weston, the
boyhood home of the famous Confederate
General, omas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, is the
location of the state-owned 4-H camp for boys
and girls. e mill is open as a museum during
June, July, and August each year.
e first Methodist Protestant church in the
United States was organized by John Mitchell and
David Smith at Old Harmony Church, near Jane
Lew, in 1829.
Stonewall Jackson Lake, 3,470 acres, is a main
recreation and tourism attraction within the
county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
glass and glassware, petroleum, natural gas,
lumber; livestock, dairying, hay, grain, poultry,
winery.
Lewis County Commission
110 Center Avenue
Weston, WV 26452
Phone: (304) 269-8200
Fax: (304) 269-2416
www.lewiscountywv.org
Municipalities: Jane Lew; Weston.
County Seat: Weston.
Magisterial Districts (3): Courthouse-Collins
Settlement, Hacker’s Creek-Skin Creek, Freeman’s
Creek.
Voting Precincts: 24.
Area: 391.35 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 16,372.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Weston,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (26th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Jacob E. Reger, (R), Buckhannon.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in March,
second Monday in July, and first Monday in
November.
Circuit Clerk: John B. Hinzman, (R).
Court Reporter: Tiffanie Tate, Buckhannon.
Commissioners: W. T. Weber, Jr.; R. Russell
Stobbs.
General Receiver: W.T. Weber, III.
Magistrates: Roger D. Clem, Jr.; Michael R.
Gissy.
Family Court Judge: Robert Reed Sowa.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: T. Chad Kelley, Jane Lew, (D).
Board of Education: Sylvia McNeish; Beth A.
Cayton; Paul Derico; Russell M. Probst;
Debbie Clem.
County Clerk: Cynthia S. Rowan, (R).
County Commission: Agnes G. Queen, (D),
president; Patrick D. Boyle, (D); omas V.
Fealy, (D); Anges G. Queen, (D).
County Coordinators: Phyllis Corathers;
Lucinda Whetsell.
Economic Development Coordinator: Michael
D. Herron.
Terms of Court: Monday of each week.
Prosecuting Attorney: Christina C. Flanigan,
(R).
Sheriff: Adam M. Gissy, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Joseph W. Wagoner,
(R); W. T. Weber, Jr., (D); Charles C.
Hathaway, (R).
County Superintendent of Schools: Joseph L.
Mace.
Extension Agents: Bruce M. Loyd; Elizabeth A.
Post.
President, Farm Bureau: Denver Turner,
Weston.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President:
Judy Smith, Buckhannon.
Board of Health: Melinda Law; Danny Mick;
Sherry Jackson; Steve Casto; Kathy Stove;
Linda Fox; Alicia Flesher; Patricia Vankirk.
Health Officer: Bennett Orvik, M.D.
Parks and Recreation Commission: Lee Walker,
chair; W. T. Weber, III, legal adviser;
Gene Edwards; Josie Britton; Glenn Brown,
Jr.; Betty Hill; Connie Chapman; Shirley
Taylor; Cindi Shaver; Richard Messenger;
Alyce Henry; T. Chad Kelley; Barbara Paugh.
Commission Representative: Agnes Queen.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Bob Stultz.
Vice Chair: Karl Staubly.
Vice Chair: Robin L. Stultz.
Secretary: Francine Snyder.
Treasurer: Judy Staubly.
Parliamentarian: Garry Lynne Shearer.
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Members
Courthouse-Collins Settlement District:
Lucinda Arnold Whetsell Francine Snyder; Jill
N. Balser; Michael R. Gissy Garold W. Morris
II; Robert J. Piercy
Hackers Creek-Skin Creek District: Kurt Hall;
Robert L. Stultz; Judy Staubly; Sandra
Johnston Patricia A. Smith.
Freemans Creek District: John Carroll;
Michael Jenkins; Chanda Kelley; Charles D.
Rittenhouse; Brianna M. McClain; Shannon
Keely Cunningham.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Glenn Brown, Jr.
Vice Chair: Vicki Kerrigan.
Treasurer: Frank Angotti.
Secretary: Louella Clem.
Members
Courthouse-Collins Settlement District:
Glenn Brown, Jr.; Vickie Kerrigan; Eric
Sherrard; (Vacancies).
Hackers Creek-Skin Creek District: Maxine
Olson; Cinda Jamison; James Atchison R.
Gerald Wood; Robert R. Taylor; (Vacancies).
Freemans Creek District: Louella Clem;
Connie S. Riffle; Frank J. Angotti; Ernest
Bennett; Dean Bennett.
LINCOLN
Formed in 1867 from parts of Cabell, Putnam,
Kanawha and Boone counties and named in honor
of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the
United States.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, lumber; tobacco, corn,
potatoes.
Lincoln County Commission
PO Box 497
Hamlin, WV 25523
Phone: (304) 824-7990
Fax: (304) 824-2444
www.lincolncountywv.org
Municipalities: Hamlin, West Hamlin.
County Seat: Hamlin.
Magisterial Districts (3): 1, 2, 3.
Voting Precincts: 16.
Area: 437 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 21,720.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Hamlin,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (25th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Jay M. Hoke, (D), Chief judge; William
S. ompson, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Monday in
January, April and September.
Circuit Clerk: Charles W. Brumfield, (D),
Harts.
Court Reporter: Jennifer Meadows.
Adult Probation Officer: Jerry L. Swanson, II.
Juvenile Probation Officer: Tom Scarpellini.
Magistrates: Sophia Tully, (D), West Hamlin;
Mona Dell Snodgrass, (D), Hamlin.
Family Court Judges: Scott Elswick, (D), Alum
Creek; Cynthia J. Jarrell. (D), Danville.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Joshua Brumfield, (D), Yawkey.
Board of Education: Carol Smith, Branchland;
Fred Curry, Hamlin; Steve Priestley, Hamlin;
Larry Wilkerson, Griffithsville.
County Clerk: Direl G. Baker (D) Ranger.
County Commission: Dr. Charles Vance (D)
Ranger; KK Matthews, president, (D),
Sumerco; Phoebe Hareless, (D), Griffithsville.
Terms of Court: First ursday, 6 p.m., and
ird ursday, 6 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: James Gabehart, (D),
Hamlin.
Sheriff: Ken Farley, (D), Yawkey.
Surveyor: (Vacancy).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Ron Salmons; C.
Joseph Stevens.
County Superintendent of Schools: Patricia
Lucas.
Emergency Services Director: Allen Holder.
Community Educational Outreach Service:
Alma Cummings, president; Margaret Smith,
vice president; Kim Satterfield, secretary;
Betty Bias, treasuer; David Roberts, WVU
Extension agent advisor.
Home Demonstration Agent: (Vacancy).
Board of Health: Sharon White; Joann Elkins;
Rosa Wiley, chair; Jerry Linville; Kristy
Scraggs.
Health Officer: J. Loren Smith, Alum Creek.
Administrator: Sam Suiter.
reat Preparedness Coordinator: (Vacancy).
Nurses: Summer Beck.
Health Clerks: Renee Riggs.
Sanitarians: Joelle Mckinny.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Neil
Morrison.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Barry Hareless.
First Vice Chair: David Webb.
Secretary: Donna Martin.
Treasurer: Josh Stowers.
Members
District 1: Janet Cyrus; Amy Stowers; Rick
Ryan; Ronald Pauley.
District 2: Lova Farley; Sheila Frazier; Howard
Farley; Edward Baker.
District 3: Donna Martin; Marsha Weaver;
Daniel Clayton; Myrl Gue.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Lisa Ramey.
First Vice Chair: Greg Mullins.
Secretary: Gary Johngrass.
Treasurer: Phillis Ashworth.
Members
District 1: Larry Pauley; (three Vacancies).
District 2: Lisa Ramey; Gloria Lovejoy; Greg
Mullins; Gene Lovejoy.
District 3: JoAnn Turley Barrett; George Anna
Browning; Sherrill Porter; Roger McComas.
LOGAN
Formed in 1824 from parts of Giles, Tazewell,
Cabell and Kanawha counties (Virginia) and
named for Logan, famous Indian chief of the
Mingo tribe.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber, electric power; livestock, dairying,
corn, potatoes.
Logan County Commission
300 Stratton Street
Logan, WV 25601
Phone: (304) 792-8626
Fax: (304) 792-8511
www.logancounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Chapmanville, Logan, Man,
Mitchell Heights, West Logan.
County Seat: Logan.
Magisterial Districts (3): East, Central, West.
Voting Precincts: 35.
Area: 455.82 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 36,743.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Logan,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (7th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Eric H. O’Briant, (D), Chief judge;
William Douglas Witten, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, May and September.
Circuit Clerk: Vickie Vance Kolota, (D).
Court Reporters: Larry Coffindaffer; Karen
Medley.
Juvenile and Adult Probation Officers: Kevin
Runyon; Kim Tipton; Angie Aquirre; Rebekah
Kolota Bias; Morgan Wolfe; Tiffany Robinson;
Ashley Collier.
State Parole Officer: Becky Harrison.
Magistrates: Leonard Codispoti; Jeff Lane;
Dwight Williamson.
Family Court Judges: Kelly Gilmore Codispoti;
Susan Perry.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Robert David Trent, (D).
Board of Education: Jim Frye, President; Phyllis
Adkins; Debbie Mendez; Pat Joe White; Mark
McGrew.
County Clerk: John A. Turner, (D).
Probate Clerk: A. Denise Farmer.
County Commission: Danny Godby, president,
(D); Willie D. Akers, Jr., (D); Danny L. Ellis,
(D).
County Administrator: Roscoe Adkins.
Terms of Court: First and third Monday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: John W. Bennett, (D).
Assistants: R. Todd Goudy; Jerry White; J.
Christopher White; David Wandling; Donald
Wandling.
Sheriff: Sonya M. Dingess-Porter (D).
Surveyor: Jamie Evans.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Mark Hobbs; Harold
Madison; John Hussell.
Coroners: John Meade.
Voter Registration and Vital Statistics: Debra
Bragg; Sharon Robinette; Kaylee Spurlock.
County Superintendent of Schools: Phyllis Doty.
Assistant: Mary L. MacCorkle.
Emergency Services Director: Roger Bryant.
County 4-H Agent: Dana Wright (acting).
Board of Health: Eugene Adkins, chair;
Janice Clark; John Workman; Stephen Justice;
Darrell Tomblin
Health Officer: Livia Cabauatan, M.D.,
physician director.
Nurses: Sandra Davis, R.N.; Bobbie Jo Adkins,
R.N.; Moreen Rockel, R.N.
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Sanitarians: Peter Spurlock, III; Steve
Browning.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Mike
Gillum (D).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Vickie Kolota, Verdunville.
Vice Chair: Robbie Queen, Stollings.
Secretary: Claudia Ellis, Logan.
Treasurer: Claudia Ellis, Logan.
Parliamentarian: Brian Abraham.
Members
District 1: Marie Belcher, Chapmanville; Keith
Adams, Mount Gay.
District 2: Becky Nagy, Holden; Phillip Vance,
Whitman.
District 3: Claudia Ellis, Logan; Robbie Queen,
Logan.
District 4: Sarriema Hendricks, Stollings; John
(Moe) Pennington, Stollings.
District 5: Jerri Lynn Freeman, Big Creek;
Chadd Martin, Chapmanville.
District 6: Sherry Duncan, Accoville; Eddie
Adkins, Amherstdale.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Dianne M. Dewey White.
co-chair: Roger Porter, Pecks Mill; Judy
Barker.
Minority Co-Chair: Andrea Santos, Omar.
Secretary: Deborah Porter.
Treasurer: Janice Stone, Omar.
Members
District 1: Shirley Baisden, Verdunville; Michael
Vaughn Bledsoe, Chapmanville.
District 2: Janice Stone, Sarah Ann; Aaron
Stone, Sarah Ann.
District 3: Anita Lanthorne, Logan; Gary Lee
Corns, Logan.
District 4: Teresa Townsend, Ethel; Darrell
Townsend, Ethel.
District 5: Christy Spry, Chapmanville;
Naaman Spry, Jr., Chapmanville.
District 6: Whitney Harvey, Davin; Chad Story,
Man.
MARION
Created in 1842 from parts of Monongalia and
Harrison counties and named in honor of General
Francis Marion of Revolutionary War fame,
known in history as “e Swamp Fox”.
Fairmont was the home of Francis Harrison
Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government
of Virginia. His outstanding contribution to
the formation of West Virginia as the 35th state
in 1863 earned him the title of “Father of West
Virginia.”
Prickett’s Fort State Park, located off W.Va. Route
73, is a tourist attraction in Marion County.
Fairmont State University, located in Fairmont,
was founded in 1865 as a private school and
became a state institution in 1867.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, aluminum sheets, aluminum ventilation
louvers and vents, electric power, hydraulic pump
and motor parts, computer software application
and design, computer hardware manufacturing
and other high technology industries, natural gas,
telemarketing services; livestock, hay and grain,
dairying, poultry.
Marion County Commission
200 Jackson Street
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (304) 367-5400
Fax: (304) 367-5431
www.marioncountywv.com
Municipalities: Barrackville, Fairmont, Fairview,
Farmington, Grant Town, Mannington,
Monongah, Pleasant Valley, Rivesville, White
Hall, Worthington.
County Seat: Fairmont.
Magisterial Districts (3): Middletown, Palatine,
West Augusta.
Voting Precincts: 76.
Area: 313.55 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 56,418.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Fairmont,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David R. Janes, (D), chief judge;
Michael J. Aloi, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
February, June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Rhonda Starn, (D).
Court Reporters: Terri Cheslock; Carol
Ashburn.
Commissioners in Chancery: Anthony J. Julian;
Kenneth R. Miller; Elisabeth H. Rose; Frances
C. Whiteman; Charles Anderson.
General Receiver: Connie Haun.
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: Scott
Shough, commissioner; Gary Martino,
alternate commissioner.
Adult Probation Officers: omas Carpenter;
Heather Campbell; Dorothy Lambert; Marcus
Weese.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Brent King;
Jennifer Freeman; Kaitlyn Antolock.
Magistrate Court Clerk: Cathy Gower.
Magistrates: Melissa Linger, (D), chief
magistrate; Hank Middlemas, (D); Mark
Hayes, (D), Dana Shay, (D).
Family Court Judge: Amy Swisher, (D).
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Assessor: James P. Priester, (D).
Board of Education: Richard Pelligrin,
president; Dr. Babette J. Simms; Janet
Crescenzi; omas Dragich; Mary Jo omas.
County Clerk: Janice Cosco, (D).
County Commission: Randy Elliott, (D),
president; Ernest VanGilder, (R); Richard
Garcia, (D).
County Administrator: Kristopher Cinalli, (D).
Terms of Court: Weekly meetings, 10 a.m.,
Wednesday, the last Wednesday of the first
three quarters of the year and the first
Wednesday in December at 7 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: Patrick Wilson, (D).
Sheriff: Joseph Carpenter, (D).
Surveyor: Christopher Wolfe, (D).
Fiduciary Supervisor: David A. Glance, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Jarrod DeVault.
Coroners: Lloyd White, chief medical
examiner; Joe Masturzo, coroner; Krystal
Biro, medical examiner.
County Superintendent of Schools: Gary L.
Price.
Emergency Services Director: Chris McIntire.
Families & Health Agent: Lauren Prinzo.
4-H & Youth Development Agent: Tina Cowger.
President, Farm Bureau: Ben Smith, Sr.
Agricultural/Natural Resources Extension
Agent: John Murray.
Community Educational Outreach Service:
Barbara Metcalfe, president.
Marion County Master Gardners: Susan Hale,
president.
USDA-Farm Loan Manager: Karen McBee.
USDA Farm Service Agency: Mary Jouver,
county director.
USDA District Director: Service Center at
White Hall: (304-363-8861).
Board of Health: Leonard Stafford, president;
Randy Elliott; Bradley Newbraugh; Gary
Santy; Shannon Beafore.
Administrator: Lloyd R. White.
Health Officer: Govind Patel, M.D.
Sanitarians: Lloyd White, chief; Charles
Pethtel; Jamie Moore.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Jeff Pethtel.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Belinda Biafore.
First Vice Chair: Vern Swisher.
Second Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: Barbara Core.
Treasurer: Ron Pearse.
Parliamentarian: Jim Sago.
Members
East Paw Paw District: Rose Angelina; Sidney
Michael Webb.
Fairmont District I: Patty Feltz; Rick Garcia.
Fairmont District II: Carol Oliver; Jack Oliver.
Fairmont District III: Kathryn Shields;
(Vacancy).
Fairmont District IV: (Vacancy); S. Scott Sears.
Grant District I: Janice Cosco; Jesse Corley.
Grant District II: Doris Urich; Christopher B.
Wolfe.
Grant District III: (Vacancy); Joe Kovach.
Mannington City District: Julie Kincaid;
Randy Elliott.
Mannington District: (Vacancy); Mark Rankin.
North Lincoln District: Donna J. Costello;
Mike Angelucci.
South Lincoln District: Doris J. Basnett;
Donald Leonard.
Union District I: Karen Gribben; Robert
Gribben.
Union District II: Meg Cianfrocca; (Vacancy).
Union District III: (Vacancies).
Winfield District: (Vacancies).
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Andrew Sabak.
Vice Chair: Chuck Mullett.
Secretary: Kandice Nuzum.
Treasurer: Phil Reed.
Parliamentarian: Chuck Reed.
Members
East Paw Paw District: (Vacancies).
Fairmont District I: Nadine Williams Ezelle;
Barry Bledsoe.
Fairmont District II: (Vacancies).
Fairmont District III: Ron Southern; Cindy
Fink.
Fairmont District IV: Kimberly Moats
Hawkinberry; Andrew Sabak.
Grant District I: Carolyln Hamilton; Phil Reed.
Grant District II: (Vacancies).
Grant District III: William G. Drennen;
Kandice Nuzum.
Mannington City District: omas Snodgrass;
Giulia Ice.
Mannington District: (Vacancies).
North Lincoln District: (Vacancies).
South Lincoln District: (Vacancies).
Union District I: Charles Reed; Rebecca Polis.
Union District II: (Vacancies).
Union District III: Jo Ann Williams; Doug
Martin.
Winfield District: Rick Starn; (Vacancy).
MARSHALL
Formed from Ohio County in 1835 and named
for John Marshall, who served as chief justice of
the United States Supreme Court for 34 years.
Elizabethtown, named as the county seat in
the act creating the county, was combined with
Moundsville in 1866.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
iron and steel, glass and glassware, chemicals, coal,
clothing, natural gas; hay and grain, dairying,
fruit, vegetables, sheep.
Marshall County Commission
600 Seventh Street
Moundsville, WV 26041
Phone: (304) 845-0482
Fax: (304) 843-1074
www.marshallcountywv.org
Municipalities: Benwood, Cameron, Glen Dale,
McMechen, Moundsville, Wheeling.
County Seat: Moundsville.
Magisterial Districts (3): Districts No. 1, No. 2,
No. 3.
Voting Precincts: 44.
Area: 315.26 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 33,107.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Moundsville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (2nd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David W. Hummel, (D); (Vacancy).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
March, July, and November.
Circuit Clerk: David R. Ealy, (R).
Court Reporters: D. Shannon Blankenship;
Holly Kocher.
Commissioner (Part I and Part II): Jeff Kessler,
Glen Dale.
General Receiver (Part I and Part II): Bernard
Twigg.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner: Patricia
Kurelac.
Adult Probation Officers: Rick Szeligo; Brandy
Whitlatch.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Scott Mealy;
Brandy Whitlatch.
Magistrates: David M. Buzzard, (D); Mark A.
Kerwood, (D); David McLaughlin, (D).
Family Court Judge: Robert C. Hicks, (D).
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
909
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Christopher Kessler, (D), McMechen.
Board of Education: Beth Phillips; Lori Kestner;
Tom Gilbert; John W. Miller; Duane Miller.
County Clerk: Jan Pest, (D).
County Commission: Stanley C. Stewart, (R),
Glen Dale; Scott G. Varner, (D), Moundsville;
Robert A. Miller, Jr., (R), Wheeling.
Administrator: Elizabeth Frohnapfel, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: John Chase IV;
Adam Barney.
Terms of Court: First Tuesday in January, April,
July, and October.
Prosecuting Attorney: Jeffrey D. Cramer, (D).
Sheriff: Kevin Cecil, (D).
Medical Examiner: Dr. Michael Wayt.
County Superintendent of Schools: Michael Hince.
Emergency Services Director: omas D. Hart.
4-H Club Agent: Lisa Ingram.
Families and Health Agent: Cheryl Kaczor.
President, Farm Bureau: Charlie Wilfong.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Mae Crow.
Board of Health: Donald K. Mason, (R), chair;
Shirley Byard, (D); Robert W. Riggenbach, (D);
Carol L. Wade, (R); Janet Kendzierski (R).
Health Officer: Kenneth J. Allen, M.D.
District 6 Engineering Manager: Gus Suwald.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Kathy Stalnaker.
Vice Chair: John Bowman.
Secretary: Susan Reilly.
Treasurer: Tammy Hill.
Members
Barbara Scott; Susan Reilly; Kathy Stalnaker;
John Bowman; Tom Stalnaker; Sonny
Oakland; Karen Baker; Tammy Hill; John
Duffy; Bernadette Kime; Rhonda Kaufman;
Ruth Anderson; John Briggs; Kevin Kaufman;
Keith Hughes.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Ron Morris
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
Virginia M. Martin; Brian S. Long; Janet E.
Grose; Ronald Morris; Carol Wood;
(Vacancies).
MASON
Formed in 1804 from the western portion of
Kanawha County and named for George Mason,
author of the constitution of Virginia and a
member of the convention that framed the U.S.
Constitution.
is county was a part of the proposed colony of
Vandalia, the capital of which was to have been
named Point Pleasant. Among the earlier visitors
here were Robert D. LaSalle (1669); Pierre Joseph
Celoron (1750); and George Washington (1770).
Lakin State Hospital was located at Lakin
(unincorporated).
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
electric power, coal, polyester resins, plastic film,
flame retardant plasticizers, synthetic hydraulic
fluids and lubricants, jet aircraft lubricants; salt
and brine, hay and grain, tobacco, livestock, dairy
products, poultry, fruit and vegetables.
Mason County Commission
200 Sixth Street
Point Pleasant, WV 25550
Phone: (304) 675-1110
Fax: (304) 675-4982
www.masoncounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Hartford, Henderson, Leon,
Mason, New Haven, Point Pleasant.
County Seat: Point Pleasant.
Magisterial Districts (4): District I, District II,
District III, District IV.
Voting Precincts: 30.
Area: 445.75 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 27,324.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Point Pleasant,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: omas C. Evans, III, (R), Ripley;
David W. Nibert, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Bill Withers, (D).
Court Reporters: John Berkhouse.
Probation Officer: Kelli Guarrieri; Chris
omas.
Magistrates: Gail L. Roush, (R); Cheryl Miller-
Ross, (D).
Family Court Judges: Constance Fisher
omas, (D), New Haven; Rebecca Stafford
Cornett. (R), Cottageville.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
910
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Ronald L. Hickman, (D).
Board of Education: Tom Nunnery; Jared
Billings; Dale Shobe; Paul Sayre; Greg Fowler.
County Clerk: Diana N. Cromley, (D).
County Commission: Miles S. Epling, (R);
Tracy Dootlittle, (R); Rick L. Handley, (D).
Terms of Court: Last three ursday evenings
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Craig Tatterson, (R).
Sheriff: Greg Powers, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Stephen Littlepage,
(D); Cary B. Supple, (R); (Vacancies).
Coroner: (Vacancy).
County Superintendent of Schools: Jack Cullen.
Emergency Services Director: Chuck Blake.
County Agricultural Agent: Rodney
Wallbrown.
Home Economics and 4-H Leaders
Association: Lorrie Wright, Program Assistant.
President, Farm Bureau: Danny Fogelsong.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Carolyn Litchfield.
Board of Health: Winona McKinney, (R);
Janette Bowen, (D); Amy Roush, (D); Diane
Epling, (R); Marketta Crum, (R).
Health Officer: Curtis Pack, M.D.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Paul Ernest
Watterson, (R).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Tom McNealy.
Vice-Chair: Bonnie Fruth.
Secretary: Samantha Fooce.
Treasurer: Kevin Fooce.
Parliamentarian: Ashley Wood.
Members
District I: Ernie Compson, Clifton; James
McCormick II, New Haven; Peggy Huff, New
Haven; Agnes Roush, Mason.
District II: Willie Livingston, Leon; Shirley
Livingston, Leon; Floyd Sayre, Point Pleasant;
Bonnie J. Fruth, Point Pleasant.
District III: Tom McNeely, Point Pleasant;
Ashley Wood, Point Pleasant; Kevin Fooce,
Point Pleasant; Samantha Fooce, Point
Pleasant.
District IV: Randall Mayes, Ashton; Freda
Mayes, Ashton.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Chris Burris.
Co-Chair: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
District I: Sarah Stover, Mason; Randy orne,
Point Pleasant.
District II: Diane Buck, Leon; Merlie Hart,
Leon; Gary Peck, Leon; Curtis McConihay,
Point Pleasant.
District III: Donna Akers, Point Pleasant; Keith
Sargent, Point Pleasant; Jacob Hill, Point
Pleasant; Brenda Adkins, Point Pleasant.
District IV: Willy Jordan, Gallipolis Ferry;
Carolyn Tolliver, Ashton; Harry James “Jim”
Butler, Henderson.
McDOWELL
Created in 1858 from Tazewell County (Virginia)
and named in honor of James McDowell, governor
of Virginia, 1843-1846.
Panther State Park, Anawalt Lake and Berwind
Lake Public Hunting and Fishing areas are located
in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
large coal-producing county; lumber, natural gas.
McDowell County Commission
90 Wyoming Street
Welch, WV 24801
Phone: (304) 436-8548
Fax: (304) 436-8572
www.mcdowellcounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Anawalt, Bradshaw, Davy, Gary,
Iaeger, Keystone, Kimball, Northfork, War,
Welch.
County Seat: Welch.
Magisterial Districts (4): Big Creek, Browns
Creek, North Elkins, Sandy River.
Voting Precincts: 37.
Area: 538.40 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 22,113.
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
911
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Welch,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (8th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Rudolph J. Murensky II, chief judge,
(D); Booker T. Stephens, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Monday in
February, June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Francine Spencer, (D).
Court Reporters: Carolyn DiLorenzo; Rose
Fullen.
Law Clerks: Robbie Dumapit, for Murensky;
Lindsay Salamon, for Stephens.
General Receiver: Philip LaCaria.
Magistrates: Richard Vandyke; Steve Cox;
Danny Mitchell.
Family Court Judges: Lisa Clark, chief; Mary
Ellen Griffith; Anthony Bisaha.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Dennis Altizer, (D), Caretta.
Board of Education: Mike Calloway; Margaret
Beavers, Big Creek; Mike Mitchem, Iaeger;
Georgia M. West, Roderfield; David Williams,
Big Creek.
County Clerk: Donald L. Hicks, (D).
County Commission: Gordon Lambert, (D),
president, Pageton; Cecil Patterson, Big Creek,
(D); Harold McBride, (D), Welch.
Prosecuting Attorney: Eddie Kornish, (D).
Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys: Melissa D.
Davis; Jason R. Grubb; Emily Miller.
Sheriff: Martin West, Roderfield.
Fiduciary Commissioner: Philip LaCaria, (D).
Coroner: (Vacancy).
County Superintendent of Schools: Nelson Spencer.
WVU Extension Agent: Donald Reed, Jr.
Board of Health: Madeline Ciampanella,
Roderfield, chair; June Lambert,
Roderfield; Dr. David Car, Gary; Gordon O.
Lambert, Pageton; Harold Smith, Kimball.
Health Officer: RuPerto Dumapit, M.D.
Nurses: Shannon Hardee, LPN; Ronda Wilson,
R.N.; Chris Lester, physician’s assistant.
Clerks: Melissa Green, office assistant; Debra
Chaffins, office assistant II - finance.
Maintenance: Harold Wayne England; Samuel
B. Parker.
Sanitarian: J. J. Rose III.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: (Vacant).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Donald L. Hicks.
First Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Earl Crigger, War.
Secretary: Katie Linkous, War.
Parliamentarian: (Vacancy).
Members
Big Creek District: Katie Linkous, War;
Richard Earl Crigger, War.
Browns Creek District: Harold McBride, Sr.;
Kathleen Dudley.
North Elkin District: Vanessa White,
Northfork; William Chapman, Anawalt.
Sandy River District: Joe Ford, Iaeger; Linda
Lester White, Paynesville.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mike Lushbaugh.
Secretary/Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
Big Creek District: ( Vacancies).
Browns Creek District: (Vacancies).
North Elkins District: (Vacancies).
Sandy River District: (Vacancies).
MERCER
Established in 1837 from parts of Giles and
Tazewell counties (Virginia) and named in honor
of General Hugh Mercer of Revolutionary War
fame.
Pinnacle Rock State Park and Camp Creek State
Forest are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber manufacturing; tourism; hay and
grain, dairying, livestock, poultry.
Mercer County Commission
1501 West Main Street
Princeton, WV 24740
Phone: (304) 487-8308
Fax: (304) 487-8370
www.mercercounty.wv.gov
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
912
Municipalities: Athens, Bluefield, Bramwell,
Matoaka, Oakvale, Princeton.
County Seat: Princeton.
Magisterial Districts (3): 1, 2, 3.
Voting Precincts: 49.
Area: 423.91 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 62,264.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Princeton,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (9th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Derek C. Swope, (D); William J. Sadler,
(D); Omar Aboulhosn, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
February, June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Julia Ball, (D).
Court Reporters: Veronica Bird; Rosemary
Hickerson.
Commissioners: Guy W. Perkins, (D); Joseph
M. Sanders, Jr., (D); Randall L. Veneri, (D);
Robert Holroyd, (D); David Burton, (D);
Robert M. Richardson, (D); Harold D.
Brewster, (R); omas Lilly, (R); Rebecca Bell,
(R); Joseph F. Long, (D); William S. Winfrey
II, (D).
Probation Officers: Joseph Allen; Stephen Slade;
Greg Arnold; David Woolwine; Kerry Buzzo;
Jennifer Johnson; Kimberly Moore; Krista
Ellison; Nola Ingram.
Magistrates: Sandra Dorsey; Jim Dent; Charles
Poe; Susan Honaker; Michael D. Flanigan.
Family Court Judges: Mary Ellen Griffith; Lisa
Kay Clark; Anthony Bisaha.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Sharon Gearhart, (D).
Board of Education: J.B.Hurt, Bluefield; Paul
Hodges, Athens; Mary Alice Kaufman; Gene
Bailey, Camp Creek; Gregory S. Prudich.
County Clerk: Verlin T. Moye, (D).
County Commission: Gene Buckner (R)
Princeton; Greg Puckett (R), Athens; Mike
Vinciguerra, (D), Bluefield.
County Coordinator: Vicky Reed.
Terms of Court: Second Monday in February,
June, and October.
Prosecuting Attorney: Scott Ash, (D).
Sheriff: Don B. Meadows, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Robert E. Holroyd,
Princeton; Wayne Stonestreet, Bluefield; John
Shott, Bluefield.
County Superintendent of Schools: Deborah S.
Akers.
Emergency Services Director: Timothy Farley.
County Agricultural Agent: Jodi Richmond.
Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program
Outreach Instructors: Elaine Tiller.
Family and Consumer Sciences Agent: Andi
Bennett.
President, Farm Bureau: Frank Nash.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Doris Lynch.
County Extension Agent, 4-H: Brenda Pruett.
Board of Health: Mike Vinciguerra, (D); Dr.
Randy Maxwell, (D); Dr. Robert R. Stevens,
(R); Paul Hodges, (D); Gene Buckner, (R).
Health Officer: Kathleen E. Wides, M.D.
Registered Sanitarians: Andrew Whittaker;
Carl Carter; Susan Kader.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Tom
Camden.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Doris Irwin.
District 1 Coordinator: Deirdre Guyton.
District 2 Coordinator: Anita Skeens Caldwell.
District 3 Coordinator: Debra Cecil.
First Vice Chair: Blaine Cecil.
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Deirdre Guyton.
Members
District 1: Deirdre Guyton, Bluefield; Floyd
Graham, Bluefield; Donald Sternoff, Bluefield.
District 2: Anita Skeens Caldwell; Robert Seay;
David Miller, Princeton; Bill Morefield,
Princeton.
District 3: Debra Cecil, Rock; Doris Irwin,
Princeton; John Boyd, Jr., Princeton; Blaine
Cecil, Rock.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Kathy Shott.
Vice Chair: Joseph Lackey.
Secretary: Paula Brooks.
Treasurer: Paul Canterbury.
Attorney: William Stafford.
Members
District 1: Kathy Shott; Marty Gearhart; John
Shott; Joseph Lackey.
District 2: Paula Brooks; Brenda Mann; Dr. Joe
Ellington; Marshall Mann.
District 3: Yvonne Dickerson; Paul Canterbury;
Jim Lilly.
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
913
MINERAL
Created in 1866 from Hampshire County and
so named because of the mineral resources found
there. Important frontier forts were located in the
county during Indian Wars.
Monument erected on Mikes Run, near Antioch,
at birthplace of Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham
Lincoln.
Ashby’s Fort, at Fort Ashby, built in 1755, is the
only Indian fort in West Virginia and one of the
few east of the Mississippi left standing.
Leading industries: paper and national defense
weapons. Chief agricultural products: coal,
lumber, fruit, hay and grain, livestock, dairying,
poultry.
Mineral County Commission
150 Armstrong Street
Keyser, WV, 26726
Phone: (304)788-5921
Fax: (304)788-0768
www.mineralcountywv.com
Municipalities: Carpendale, Elk Garden, Keyser,
Piedmont, Ridgeley.
County Seat: Keyser.
Magisterial Districts (3): One, Two, ree.
Voting Precincts: 30.
Area: 330 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 28,212.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Keyser,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Philip B. Jordan, Jr., (D); Lynn A.
Nelson, (R), Ridgeley.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
January; first Tuesday in May and September.
Circuit Clerk: Krista Johnson Dixon, (R).
General Receiver: (Vacancy).
Magistrates: David Harman, (R); Patrick
Amoroso, (D).
Family Court Judge: Glen Stotler, (R), Berkeley
Springs.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Renee Amtower, (R).
Board of Education: Kevin Watson; Craig
Rotruck; Lara Courrier; William Ludwick, II;
William Wahl Jr.
County Clerk: Lauren Ellifritz, (R).
County Commission: Richard Lechliter, (R);
Jerry Whisner, (R), Roger Leatherman, (R).
County Coordinator: Michael Bland.
Terms of Court: Second Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.;
fourth Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: James W. Courrier, Jr. (R).
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney: Frank Cody
Pancake, III.
Sheriff: Jeremy Taylor, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Roy Hardy, (D);
(Vacancies).
County Superintendent of Schools: Sean Dilly.
Emergency Services Director: William Hentosh.
County Agricultural Agent: Stacy Huffman.
4-H Agent: Margaret Miltenberger.
President, Farm Bureau: Jim Kauffman.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Shirley Bland.
Board of Health: Richard Lechliter; Patricia
Droppleman; William Ludwick, II; Geri Mason.
Health Officer: Dr. Charles Bess.
Nurses: Cynthia Whitt; Virginia Brown; Gina
White.
Sanitarians: A. J. Root; John Delsignore; Denny
Taketa.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: (Vacancy).
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: David Webb.
Vice Chair: Karen Rolls.
Secretary: Mary Kaye Staggers.
Treasurer: Robert E. Eagle, Jr.
Members
District 1: David Webb, Burlington; Jean
Braithwaite, Elk Garden; Tom Braithwaite,
Elk Garden; Mary Kaye Staggers; Burlington.
District 2: Karen Rolls, Kayser; (Vacancies).
District 3: Krista Manna, Fort Ashby; (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Gary Howell.
Vice-Chair: Monroe Johnson.
Secretary: Eric Murphy.
Treasurer: Allen Hanson.
Members
District 1: Jill Cosner, Vicki Kimble, Roger
Leatherman, Jeremy Taylor.
District 2: Rose Ann Hanna-Maine; Lucy
Rotruck; Gary Howell, Jerry Whisner.
District 3: Jeff Conley; Allen Hanson, Sara
Geis, Debra Shipway.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
914
MINGO
Youngest county in the state, formed from Logan
County in 1895 and named for the Indian tribe of
which Logan was chief.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber; livestock, corn, potatoes.
Mingo County Commission
75 E Second Street
Williamson, WV, 25661
Phone: (304) 235-0380
Fax: (304) 235-0365
www.mingocountywv.com
Municipalities: Delbarton, Gilbert, Kermit,
Matewan, Williamson.
County Seat: Williamson.
Magisterial Districts (7): Beech-Ben-Mate,
Hardee, Kermit-Harvey, Lee, Magnolia, Stafford,
Tug-Williamson.
Voting Precincts: 39.
Area: 423.50 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 26,839.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Williamson,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (30th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Miki ompson, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: ird Monday in
January, April and September.
Circuit Clerk: Grant Preece, (D).
Court Reporter: Bonnie Gilman.
Probation Officers: Carla Preece; Marsha Price.
Magistrates: Pam Newsome; Deloris
Sidebottom; Jim Harvey.
Family Court Judge: Miki ompson, (D).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Ramona Mahon, (D).
Board of Education: David Farley; Mark
Colegrove; Jackie Branch; June Glover.
County Clerk: Jim Hatfield, (D).
County Commission: John Mark Hubbard,
(D), President; Diann Hannah, (D); Greg
Smith (D).
Terms of Court: First and third Wednesdays.
Prosecuting Attorney: Teresa Maynard, (D).
Sheriff: James Smith, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioner: Mark Mitchell, (D).
Coroner: Mike Casey.
County Superintendent of Schools: Dr.Robert
Bobbera
Emergency Services Director: Doug Goosley.
County 4-H Director: Mark Whitt.
Board of Health: Greg (Hootie) Smith; Ray
Curry; Robert Smith.
Health Officer: Dr. Vellaiappan Soma, M.D.
Chief Sanitarian: Brett Vance.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Ray
Messer.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Truman Chafin.
Vice Chair: Freddie Newsome.
Secretary: Lisa Kirk.
Treasurer: Irene Toler.
Members
Williamson District: Frances Crawford,
Williamson; Freddie Newsome, Williamson.
Tug-Hardee District: Lisa Kirk, Lenore; Jerome
Marcum, Nolan.
Magnolia District: Stephanie Woolum, Varney;
David Justice, Delbarton.
Beech-Ben-Mate District: Effie Irene Toler,
Wharncliffe; Dan Kinder, North Matewan.
Kermit-Harvey District: Emily Howell,
Marrowbone; Ernest Williams, Marrowbone.
Lee District: Jearlene Maynard, Delbarton;
Glenn D. Canada; Delbarton.
Stafford District: Phyllis White, Gilbert; Jim
Hatfield, Gilbert.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Russell Deskins.
Acting Treasurer: Linda Deskins.
Members
Williamson District: (Vacancies).
Tug-Hardee District: (Vacancies).
Magnolia District: (Vacancies).
Beech-Ben-Mate District: ( Vacancies).
Kermit-Harvey District: (Vacancies).
Lee District: (Vacancies).
Stafford District: (Vacancies).
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
915
MONONGALIA
Formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta
(Virginia) and named for the Monongahela River.
Part of Coopers Rock State Forest is located in this
county.
Home of West Virginia University and the
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) System.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
chemicals, coal, glass and glassware, petroleum,
lumber; livestock, hay and grain, dairying, fruit,
vegetables, poultry.
Monongalia County Commission
243 High Street
Morgantown, WV, 26505
Phone: (304)291-7257
Fax: (304) 291-7288
www.co.monongalia.wv.us
Municipalities: Blacksville, Granville,
Morgantown, Star City, Westover.
County Seat: Morgantown.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Eastern,
Western.
Voting Precincts: 53.
Area: 368.82 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 96,189.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Morgantown,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (17th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Russell M. Clawges, Jr., (D); Susan B.
Tucker, (D); Phillip D. Gaujot, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First ursday after
first Monday in January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Jean Friend, (D).
Court Reporters: Julie Blosser; Christine
Morrow.
Commissioners of the Circuit Court: Monica
Haddad, (R); Stephen K. Shuman, (R);
Raymond Yackel, (D).
General Receiver: James A. Gianola, (D).
Chief Probation Officer: Leisa Riedeman.
Probation Officers: Lisa Park; Carlton
ompson; Curtis Baines; William Hinerman;
Nikki Berger; Darral Bennett; Laura
Demnard; Justin Kreger; Vicky Jones.
Magistrates: Darris J. Summers, (D); Hershel
R. Mullins, (D); James E. Nabors, (D); Sandra
K. Holepit (D).
Family Court Judges: Patricia Tolle Hill, (D);
Randal A. Minor, (D).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Mark Musick, (D).
Board of Education: Barbara Parsons; Nancy
A. Walker; Clarence Harvey, Jr.; Mike Kelly;
Ron Lytle.
County Clerk: Carye L. Blaney, (D).
County Commission: Eldon A. Callen, (D);
Tom Bloom, (D); Edward A. Hawkins, (R).
Terms of Court: Wednesday morning each
week.
Prosecuting Attorney: Marcia L. Ashdown, (D).
Sheriff: Kenneth A. Kisner, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Lynne C. Crane, (R);
George Armstead, (D); Cynthia J. Van
Stafford, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: Frank D.
Devono.
Director, Emergency Services: Michael Wolfe.
Extension Agent-Agriculture: H. R. Scott.
Extension Agent-4-H: Becca Fint-Clark.
President, Farm Bureau: Mike Morris.
President, Community Educational Outreach
Service: Harriet Colebank.
Extension Agent-Families and Health: Eric
Murphy.
Board of Health: Toni Di Chiacchio; Ken
Weiss; Donna Tennant; Sam Chico III; Keith
Zullig.
Executive Director/Health Officer: Lee B.
Smith, M.D., J.D.
Program Manager of Enhanced Health/
Nutrition Services: Anne MacBride, R.D.
Program Manager of Public Environmental
Health Services: John Welch.
Program Manager of Dentistry: Dr. Daniel
Carrier.
Public Health Nursing Services: Cindy
Graham.
reat Preparedness Coordinator: Randy
Williams.
Sanitarians: Todd Powroznik; Joseph Lawson;
Richard McCord; Chris Nestor; Daniel
McNeil; Jonathan Monroe; Ryan Walthers;
Brittany Wiles.
DOH Road Maintenance County
Administrator: Satwindar Singh.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Kelly J. Palmer.
First Vice Chair: Sanford Barton.
Second Vice Chair: Carye L. Blaney.
Secretary: Donna J. Hidock.
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Associate Chair: Robert Musick.
Parliamentarian: Allen Sharp.
Associate Secretary: Charlene Marshall.
Members
District 1: Charlotte M. Teets; Ronald P. Justice.
District 2: Richard Gutmann; (Vacancy).
District 3: Allen Sharp; Sharon Summers.
District 4: Kathleen Abate; Allen Kisner.
District 5: Juli Hatcher Mock; David Satterfield.
District 6: Shirley Martin; Mark Musick.
District 7: Cathy Golleher; Bader Giggenbach.
District 8: Gary Furbee; (Vacancy).
District 9: D. Jean Friend; Nathan Bartolo.
District 10: Carye L. Blaney; Tom Bloom.
District 11: Kendra Zara; Sanford Barton.
District 12: Cindy Owens; Creig Owens.
Democratic Women: Cindy Jones; Nancy
Jamison.
West Virginia University Young Democrats:
Marshall Amores.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: George J. Papandreas.
Secretary: Paula Martinelli.
Treasurer: Jeannine Powell.
Members
District 1: (Vacancies).
District 2: Sieglinde McGrinnis; (Vacancy.
District 3: Jim Shaffer; (Vacancy).
District 4: (Vacancy).
District 5: Marlene Frich; John Frich.
District 6: Mary Belle Rowe; Roger Bell.
District 7: Jeanine Powell; Barton Loar.
District 8: Paula Martinelli; James Walls.
District 9: Pam Krushansky; Charles Krushansky.
District 10: Gary Insch; Alison Woods.
District 11: Pamela Lynn Poe; Kevin Scott Poe.
District 12: (Vacancy).
MONROE
Created from Greenbrier County in 1799 and
named for James Monroe, fifth President of the
United States.
Rehoboth Church, near Union, erected in 1786,
is the oldest Methodist Church west of the
Alleghenies. e edifice is in an almost perfect
state of preservation.
Home county of Andrew S. Rowan, of Spanish-
American War fame, immortalized in Elbert
Hubbard’s classic “A Message to Garcia.”
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, rubber fabricators; tobacco, hay and grain,
livestock, poultry, dairying, manufactured stone.
Monroe County Commission
350 Main Street
Union, WV, 24983
Phone: (304) 772-3096
Fax: (304) 772-4191
www.monroecountywv.net
Municipalities: *Alderson, Peterstown, Union.
County Seat: Union.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Eastern,
Western.
Voting Precincts: 18.
Area: 473.80 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 13,502
*Also in Greenbrier County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Union,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (31st Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Robert A. Irons, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday
in January, third Tuesday in May, and second
Tuesday in September.
Circuit Clerk: Leta Gullette-Comer, (D).
Court Reporter: Ann Owens.
Probation Officers: Matthew McMillian; Karen
Childs, Amy Hunt; Frank Basile.
Magistrates: Nancy Crews (D); Kevin Miller, (R).
Family Court Judge: David M. Sanders. (D),
Alderson.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Norbert Netzel, (D), Union.
Board of Education: Danny Lively; Candace
Sabol; Charles Sams; Dixie Hoke-Webb;
Barbara Fisher.
County Clerk: Donald J. Evans, (D),
Peterstown.
County Commission: Michael Shane Ashley,
(D); William Miller, (R); Clyde Gum, Jr., (R).
Terms of Court: First and third Wednesday of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Justin St. Clair, (D).
Sheriff: Michael Gravely, (R).
Surveyor: David Holz, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Debra L. Dalton,
(D); Susan Cobb, (R).
County Superintendent of Schools: Joetta
Basile.
Emergency Management Director: Jeff Jones.
County Extension Agent: Brian Wickline.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Doris Ann Taylor.
President, Farm Bureau: James O. Gore.
Board of Health: Janet Caulkins; Shirley Dixon;
Petrie Brown; Shelby Jennings; Sue Clewell.
Health Officer: Dr. Travis Hansbarger.
Health Nurse: Julie Mundell.
Chief Sanitarian: David Johnson.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Greg
Sibold.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Scott Williams.
Treasurer: Richard Dulee.
Members
Eastern District: Richard Dulee; (Vacancy).
Central District: Scott Williams; (Vacancy)
Western District: (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chairperson: Duane Miller.
Vice Chair: Sylvia Riffe.
Members
Eastern District: Duane Miller; Nancy Miller;
(Vacancies).
Central District: Bob Via; Jeff Bumgardner;
Shirley Dixon; Susan Bumgardner.
Western District: Clarence Leroy Miller;
(Vacancies).
MORGAN
Formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire
and Berkeley counties and named in honor of
General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the
Revolutionary War.
Cacapon State Park and Timber Ridge Bass
Hatchery are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
glass, sand; tomatoes, fruit, rye.
Morgan County Commission
77 Fairfax Street
Berkeley Springs, WV, 25411
Phone: (304) 258-8540
Fax: 304-258-7305
www.morgancountywv.gov
Municipalities: Berkeley Springs, Paw Paw.
County Seat: Berkeley Springs.
Magisterial Districts (3): 1, 2, 3.
Voting Precincts: 13.
Area: 231.26 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 17,5 41.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Berkeley Springs,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (23rd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Gray Silver III, (D), Martinsburg; David
H. Sanders, (D), Charles Town; Christopher
C. Wilkes, (R), Martinsburg; John Yoder, (R),
Charles Town, Michael D. Lorensen, (R),
Martinsburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Kimberly J. Hanback, (R).
Court Reporters: Terry Hamrick, Charles
Town; Tracy Herron; Marcy Chandler,
Martinsburg; Laura Hall; Kate Slayden.
General Receiver: Arnold K. Stotler.
Probation Officers: Danielle Robertson; Sean
Bryner.
Magistrates: Greg Miller, (R); Kermit Ambrose,
(R).
Family Court Judge: Glen R. Stotler (R).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Ronald G. McIntire, (R).
Board of Education: David Ambrose, president;
Aaron Close, assistant president Laura Smith,
Patricia Springer; John Rowland.
County Clerk: Debra A. Kesecker, (R).
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County Commission: Bradley Close, (R),
President; Robert Ford (R), Joel Tuttle, (R).
Terms of Court: Two times per month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Debra McLaughlin, (R).
Sheriff: Vincent Shambaugh, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: C. W. Harmison,
(R); George McVey, (R); David DeJarnett, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: David Banks.
Emergency Services Director: Dick Myers.
County Extension Agent: Cindy Smalley.
President, Farm Bureau: Lin Dunham.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Priscilla Simmons, Great Cacapon.
Board of Health: Elizabeth Spring; Sanford
Bienen; Lynn Hall; (Vacancy).
Health Officer: Dr. Cameron Duffy.
Sanitarians: Bob Stumpff; Bruce Ullom.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: John
Coleman.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chairperson: Jim Hoyt.
First Vice Chairperson: (Vacancy).
Second Vice Chairperson: (Vacancy).
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Sue Schultz.
Members
District 1: Jerry Berman; Jim Hoyt; Sally
Berman; Mary Ellen Largent.
District 2: Connie Perry; Hazel May Waugh;
Jack Kelly; Jeremiah Clark.
District 3: Sue Jones Schultz; Anna L.
Riggleman; John L. Petersen; Larry Schultz.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Carl Cowgill.
Vice Chair: Tricia Strader.
Secretary: Patricia Fields.
Treasurer: C. William Harmison.
Members
District 1: Ida Mae Kidwell; Isaac Bohrer; Carl
Cowgill.
District 2: Rick Kesecker; Tricia Strader; Eric
Pritchard.
District 3: Patricia Fields; Kevin McLaughlin;
C. William Harmison.
NICHOLAS
Formed in 1818 from parts of Kanawha,
Greenbrier and Randolph counties and named
for Wilson Cary Nicholas, governor of Virginia,
1814-1816. Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Park and
part of Monongahela National Forest are located
in this county.
e Summersville Reservoir project is located in
Nicholas County on the Gauley River. e dam
is approximately four miles south-southwest of
Summersville, 42 miles east of Charleston and
210 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
Length, 13.7 miles; drainage area, 2,723 miles.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Lumber, coal mining; SMR Engineered Rubber
Products, Columbia West Virginia Plywood, Jeld-
wen; livestock; river rafting.
Nicholas County Commission
700 Main Street
Summersville, WV, 26651
Phone: (304) 872-7830
Fax: (304) 872-9602
www.nicholascountywv.org
Municipalities: Richwood, Summersville.
County Seat: Summersville.
Magisterial Districts (3): Birch; Cherry; Gauley.
Voting Precincts: 28.
Area: 656.77 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 26,233.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Summersville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (28th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Gary L. Johnson, (D), Richwood.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
January, May and September.
Circuit Clerk: Debbie Facemire, (D).
Court Reporter: Sheri Young, (D).
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: Kenneth
Barnett; William Brad Dorsey.
General Receiver: William Brad Dorsey.
Probation Officers: Mike Williams; Levi Bragg;
Kristen DeRito.
Magistrates: John D. Morton, Jr.; Doren Wayne
Plummer; Sara Meadows Brown.
Family Court Judge: Donald Bischoff.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Ernie Dennison, Jr., (D).
Board of Education: Phil Berry; Lloyd Adkins;
Bob O’Dell; Darrell White; Fred Amick.
County Clerk: Audra Deitz, (D).
County Commission: Kenneth Altizer, (D),
president; Lyle Neal, (D); John Miller, (D).
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday.
Prosecuting Attorney: James Milam II, (D).
Sheriff: David Hopkins, (D).
Surveyor: Wayne Acord.
Fiduciary Commissioner: William McCourt;
Clint Bischoff; Mark Hudnall.
County Superintendent of Schools: Keith Butcher.
Emergency Services Director: Michael Judy.
4-H Extension Agent: Kimary McNeil.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Amanda Nicholas, Nettie.
Board of Health: Joseph Hoffman; Robin
Brown; Christina Chapman; Elizabeth
Morris; (Vacancy).
Health Officer: Dr. Mark Wantz.
Sanitarians: Rodney Boyce; Elizabeth Ratliff.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Charles Reel.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Dan Snyder.
Recording Secretary: Providencia Arabeo-
Smith.
Treasurer: Bonita Bell.
Members
Birch District: Robert Wesley Spinks;
Providencia Arabco-Smith; Arthur Smith.
(Vacancy).
Cherry District: Terry Lewis; Dan Snyder;
Virginia Jones; Julius Jones.
Gauley District: Junior Samples; David
Meadows; (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Benjean Rapp.
Secretary: Richard Key.
Treasurer: Laura Davis.
Members
Birch District: Richard Key; Rick Lilly; Dinah
Deal; Laura Davis.
Cherry District: Lawrence T. Beckerle; Duane
Borchers; Brenda Gilbert; Jeanie Spencer.
Gauley District: Benjean Rapp; Beth Mynes;
Robert Dorsey; Jason Swager.
OHIO
Formed in 1776 from the District of West
Augusta* (Virginia) and named for the county’s
principal river, the Ohio, Indian name for “great
river.” One of the first counties in Virginia
organized west of the Allegheny Mountains.
West Liberty (unincorporated), established in
1787, was the county seat from 1776 to 1797.
West Liberty University, a state institution, was
established there in 1870, and a continuation
of West Liberty Academy, which was founded
in 1838. Wheeling Jesuit University, a Jesuit
coeducational liberal arts university, was founded
in 1954. West Virginia Northern Community
College, created in 1972, offers a variety of
community-related college courses.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
sheet metal and tin containers and ware, iron and
steel, coal, paints, axes and tools, plastic products,
stogies, chewing tobacco, meat packing, bakery
products, computer ribbons and toner cartridge
refiller manufacturing, custom marble tops,
international food distribution, custom computers,
research and development for advanced software
technology, laboratory for new product development,
problem solving and applied material research;
dairying, fruit, vegetables, hay and grain, poultry.
Ohio County Commission
1500 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV, 26003
Phone: (304) 234-3628
Fax: (304) 234-3827
www.ohiocounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Bethlehem, Clearview,
Triadelphia, Valley Grove, West Liberty,
Wheeling.
County Seat: Wheeling.
Magisterial Districts (3): One, Two, ree.
Voting Precincts: 36.
Area: 109 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 44,443.
*e District of West Augusta originally included
all of the lands of old Virginia from the Blue Ridge
west with the southern boundary of that state
to the Mississippi River, embracing much of the
territory that now comprises the southwestern part
of Pennsylvania and most of the states of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. From the original territory,
18 or more counties in West Virginia and three in
Pennsylvania have been carved.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Wheeling,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (1st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David J. Sims, (D); James P. Mazzone,
(D); Ronald E. Wilson, (D), New Cumberland;
Jason A. Cuomo, Wellsburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Brenda L. Miller, (D).
Court Reporters: Julie Kreefer; Michelle
Jaworksi; Barbara Ivaun.
General Receiver: Bernie Twigg.
Magistrates: Charles W. Murphy; Harry
Radcliffe; Patricia L. Murphy; Joe Roxby.
Family Court Judges: William Sinclair; Joyce
Dumbaugh Chernenko, Wellsburg.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Kathie Hoffman.
Board of Education: Tim Birch; Christine
Carder; Shane Mallett, president; Gary
Kestner, vice president; Sarah C. Koegler.
County Clerk: Patricia A. Fahey, (D) (judge ex
officio, Probate Court).
County Commission: Randy Wharton, (D),
President; Timothy P. McCormick, (D);
Orphy Klempa, (D).
Administrator: Gregory Stewart, (D).
Meeting Dates: First and third Tuesday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Scott Smith, (D).
Sheriff: Patrick M. Butler, (R).
Juvenile Referee: Harry Radcliffe, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Joseph J. John, (D);
Jay Byrum, (R); John E. Gompers, (R); Robb
McCoid, (D).
Medical Examiner: C. Robinson.
County Superintendent of Schools: Diana M.
Vargo, Ed.D.
Emergency Management Agency Director: Lou
Vargo.
Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Community Development Extension Agent:
Karen Cox.
4-H Youth, Family and Adult Development
Extension Agent: Lewis Honacker.
President, Farm Bureau: John Smith.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Nancy Kish.
Board of Health (City-County): Michael
Caruso; John Holloway; Wilkes Kinney;
Cheryl Wonderly; Gloria Delbrugge; Tom
Tuttle; Howard Gamble, Administrator.
Health Officer: Dr. William Mercer.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Milton M.
Davis.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Co-Chairmen: George J. Fahey; Orphy Klempa.
Secretary: Peggy Niebergall.
Treasurer: Tiffany Hoffman.
Members
District I: Barbara Alig; Maggi Gayvont; Chad
alman; Bob Holpp.
District II: Brandie Morris; Jill Schmidt; John
DeLoretta; Mark Garrett.
District III: Peggy Niebergall; Tiffany Hoffman;
Bruce Teachout; George Fahey.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Patty Levenson.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: Laura Chapman.
Treasurer: Chris Elswick.
Members
District I: Robert Luchetti Jr., Chris Elswick,
Carol Austin, Erika Donaghy.
District II: Jacob Altmeyer, Ryan Ferns, Erikka
Storch, Linda Kerr.
District III: Laura Chapman, Matthew
Chapman, Desiree Lyonette, Shane Stack.
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PENDLETON
Created in 1788 from parts of Augusta, Hardy
and Rockingham counties (Virginia) and named
for Edmund Pendleton, a distinguished statesman
and jurist of Virginia.
Two Indian massacres occurred in 1758 at Fort
Upper Tract and Fort Seybert, the Indians being
led by Kilbuck, a Shawnee chieftain.
Spruce Knob, in this county, is the highest point
in the state, its elevation being 4,861 feet. Parts
of the Monongahela and George Washington
National Forests are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber; livestock, hay, grain and poultry.
Pendleton County Commission
PO Box 187, 100 South Main Street
Franklin, WV, 26807
Phone: (304) 358-7573
Fax: (304) 358-2473
www.pendletoncommission.com
Municipality: Franklin.
County Seat: Franklin.
Magisterial Voting Districts: Western, Central,
and Eastern.
Tax Districts (6): Bethel; Circleville; Franklin;
Mill Run; Sugar Grove; Union.
Voting Precincts: 13.
Area: 696.88 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 7,695.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Franklin,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (22nd Judicial Circuit)
Judge: H. Charles Carl, III; Charles E. Parsons,
(R), Romney.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
March, July, and November.
Circuit Clerk: Shalee Dunkle Wilburn, (D).
Court Reporters: Diana Rothgeb; Susan Landis.
Commissioner in Chancery: Marla Zelene
Harman.
General Receiver: George I. Sponaugle, II, (D).
Probation Officer: Rick Pownell.
Magistrates: Andrew M. Hinkle; Kevin
Puffenberger.
Family Court Judge: Amanda H. See,
Moorefield.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Carolyn Bible Sponaugle, (D).
Board of Education: Teresa Walker Heavner,
Eastern District; Sonny O’Neil, Western
District; Richard Gillespie, Central District;
Betty Kimble, Eastern District; J. D. Wilkins,
Western District.
County Clerk: Linda D. Rexrode, (D).
County Commission: Randy Roberson, (D),
Central District; Carl Heavener, (D); Eastern
District; Eugene “Gene” McConnell, (R),
Western District.
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Kevin C. Sponaugle, (D).
Sheriff: Donnie Hedrick, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: George I. Sponaugle,
II, (D); Marla Zelene Harman, (R); Jeffrey S.
Bowers, (D).
Coroner: (Vacancy).
County Superintendent of Schools: Douglas
Lambert.
County Extension Agents: David Seymour, (D);
Janice Heavner.
Emergency Services Director: Bruce Minor.
Economic and Community Development
Coordinator: (Vacancy).
Farm Bureau President: Kenneth Harper.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Vicki Skavenski.
Board of Health: Priscilla Mullenax, (D),
Circleville; Bob Grimm, (D), Brandywine;
David Basagic, (D); Nancy Sites, (R), Upper
Tract; Sally Dunkle, (D).
Health Officer: Dr. Carmen Rexrode.
Chief Sanitarian: Brooke Hott, R.S.; Kami
Keyser, R.S.
Public Health Nurse: Melissa Hartman, R.N.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Dywayne
Stout.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Isaac Sponaugle, Franklin.
First Vice Chair/Parliamentarian: Carole
Hartman, Franklin.
Associate Chair: Paul Morton, Franklin.
Secretary: Margaret Rexrode, Brandywine.
Treasurer: Charlotte ompson, Franklin.
Members
Western District: Patricia Bennett, Riverton;
Debra Judy, Riverton; George Hickey, Seneca
Rocks; Carl Warner, Circleville.
Central District: Susie Echols, Franklin;
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Charlotte ompson, Franklin; Christopher
Roberson, Franklin; Darrell Warner, Franklin.
Eastern District: Cary Hevener, Brandywine;
Margaret D. Rexrode, Brandywine; omas
Mitchell, Sugar Grove; Samuel L. Moats,
Sugar Grove.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Roger Dahmer.
Vice Chair: Dottie Roy.
Secretary: Sandy Young.
Treasurer: Jim Young.
Members
Western District: Dottie Roy; Louise Bowers;
Jim Young.
Central District: Roger Dahmer; Pam Dahmer;
Sue Sites.
Eastern District: (Vacancies).
PLEASANTS
Created in 1851 from Wood, Tyler and Ritchie
counties and named for James Pleasants, Jr., who
represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate and who
was its governor, 1822-1825.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
GAP/ENTECH, Cytec, Division of American
Cyanamid, Shelly and Sands, Inc., Teikoku USA,
Axens North America, Inc., Simonton Building
Products, Inc., St. Marys Refining Company,
Simex, Pleasants Energy, LLC, Alleghany Power
Station, petroleum; Exterran Energy Solutions,
LP, Pfizer, St. Marys Correctional Center; poultry,
livestock, dairying, hay and grain.
Pleasants County Commission
301 Court Lane
St. Marys, WV, 26170
Phone: (304) 684-3542
Fax: (304) 684-7569
www.pleasantscountywv.net
Municipalities: Belmont, St. Marys.
County Seat: St. Marys.
Magisterial Districts (4): A, B, C, D.
Voting Precincts: 11.
Area: 134.65 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 7,605.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address St. Marys,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (3rd Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Timothy L. Sweeney, (D).
Term of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, third Monday in May, and fourth
Monday in September.
Circuit Clerk: Millie Farnsworth, (R).
Court Reporter: Debbie Windom.
Probation Officer: Crystal Jinks.
Magistrates: Kathy Elder; Randy Nutter.
Family Court Judges: C. Darren Tallman,
Parkersburg; Brian Dempster, Williamstown.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Vickie L. Gorrell, (D).
Board of Education: Jim McKnight; Sharon
Gainer; Marty Lawhorn; Danny DeMoss;
Heather Straight.
County Clerk: Sue E. Morgan, (D).
County Administrator: Tina Oldfield.
County Commission: Jim Cottrill, (R); Jay
Powell, (D); Larry Barnhart, (D).
Terms of Court: First and third Wednesday of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Carl P. Bryant, (D).
Sheriff: Ted Maston, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Brian Carr, (D);
Keith White, (R).
County Superintendent of Schools: G. Michael
Wells.
Emergency Services Director: Steve Knight.
County Extension Agent: Claude Marra.
Community Educational Outreach Service Co-
Presidents: Debbie Hadley; Vickie Gorrell.
Health Officer: Dr. David Avery.
Board of Health: Eleanor Little; Joyce Faller.
Acting Road Maintenance Superintendent:
John Nichols.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Harriett Fitzgerald.
Secretary: Verna Kay Owens.
Treasurer: Jody Haddox.
Members
District A: John Elliott; Verna Owens.
District B: Doris Holmes; Jesse Barnhart.
District C: Jody Haddox; John Haddox.
District D: Doug Renner; Sharon Janes.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Donna J. Boley.
Vice Chair: Shirley Long.
Secretary: Gladys Stephenson.
Treasurer: Joyce Summers.
Members
District A: Benjamin Hayes; Shirley Long.
District B: Jack E. Boley; Gladys Stephenson.
District C: Paul Ingram; Rebecca Ingram.
District D: Don Morris; Sherry Cottrill.
POCAHONTAS
Established in 1821 from parts of Bath, Pendleton
and Randolph counties (Virginia) and named for
Pocahontas, the Indian princess.
Eight rivers find their source in Pocahontas
County– Cherry, Cranberry, Williams, Gauley,
Elk, Tygart Valley, Greenbrier and Shavers Fork of
Cheat - thus the county’s nickname, “Birthplace
of Rivers.”
e site of the Battle of Droop Mountain, in this
county, the most extensive Civil War conflict in
the state, which occurred on November 6, 1863,
was acquired by the state in 1929, and is now
Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park.
Other historic attractions are: Cass Scenic
Railroad, Cass; Pearl S. Buck Birthplace,
Hillsboro; Pocahontas County Historical
Museum, Marlinton; Locust Creek Covered
Bridge, near Hillsboro.
Watoga State Park, Seneca State Forest, Calvin W.
Price State Forest, the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory, Snowshoe Ski Resort, Silver Creek
Ski Resort, Cranberry Glades, Beartown State
Park, part of the Monongahela National Forest
and the Marlinton Trout Hatchery are located in
this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, livestock, potatoes, oats, maple, sugar,
honey, poultry.
Pocahontas County Commission
900-C 10th Avenue
Marlinton, WV, 24954
Phone: (304) 799-6063
Fax: (304)799-3977
www.pocahontascounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Durbin, Hillsboro, Marlinton.
County Seat: Marlinton.
Magisterial Districts (4): Edray, Green Bank,
Huntersville, Little Levels.
Voting Precincts: 15.
Area: 942.61 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 8,719.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Marlinton,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (11th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: James J. Rowe, (D), Lewisburg; Robert
E. Richardson, (D), Lewisburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in April,
August, and December.
Circuit Clerk: Connie M. Carr, (D).
Court Reporters: Jeanne Kellison, Lewisburg;
Judy Nelson, Shady Spring.
Commissioners in Chancery: Martin V. Saffer,
(D); Michael C. Doss, (D); Jarrell L. Clifton,
II, (R); Clint Carte, public defender.
Probation Officers: Robert Tooze; Tonya
Hoover; Karen Lemons, JCW; Dustin Martin,
JC W.
Bureau of Child Support Enforcement: Kelly
K. Kemp.
Magistrates: Cynthia Broce-Kelley, (R); Carrie
E. Wilfong, (D).
Family Court Judge: Jeffrey L. Hall, Diana.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Tom Lane, (D).
Board of Education: Emery G. Grimes; Cheryl
Beverage; Jessica Hefner; Steve Tritapoe;
Norman Walker, Hillsboro.
County Clerk: Melissa L. Bennett, (D).
County Commission: William S. Beard, Jr.
(D), president; Jamie C. Walker, (R); David
McLaughlin (D).
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Eugene M. Simmons, (D).
Sheriff: David R. Jonese, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioner: Michael C. Doss, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: Donald K.
Bechtel, Hillsboro.
Office of Emergency Services: Under authority
of Pocahontas County Commission.
County Extension Service Committee
Chair: Donald McNeel.
Extension Agents: Shirley Wilkins; Gregory
Hamons.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Barbara Shinaberry.
Board of Health: Delores Cutlip, chair;
Jessica Shinaberry, nurse I; Luis E. Soriano,
M.D.; Cynthia Wilfong, sanitarian; Jenny
Friel; Jamie Walker; Donald McNeel.
Health Officer: Luis E. Soriano, M.D.
Sanitarian: Cynthia Wilfong.
reat Preparedness Coordinator: Cynthia Wilfong.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Sam McPaters.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Matthew Tate.
First Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: Christine Smith.
Treasurer: William McMann.
Parliamentarian: (Vacancy).
Members
Central District: William McMann; (Vacancy).
Northern District: (Vacancies).
Southern District: Christine Smith; Matthew
Tate.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jeremy Bauserman.
Vice Chair: Joseph W. Smith.
Secretary: Julia Bauserman.
Treasurer: Robert Jackson.
Parliamentarian: (Vacancy).
Members
Central District: Joseph Smith; Robert Jackson;
Freda Jackson.
Northern District: Jeremy Bauserman; Jason
Bauserman; Julia Bauserman.
Southern District: Arthur Kreft; Mary Kreft;
Blix McNeill; (Vacancy).
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PRESTON
Formed in 1818 from Monongalia County and
named in honor of James Patton Preston, governor
of Virginia, 1816-1819.
Hopemont State Hospital is located at Hopemont
(unincorporated).
Parts of Coopers Rock State Forest and the
Monongahela National Forest are located in this
county, and Arthurdale Homestead is located at
Arthurdale (unincorporated).
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, lumber, cement; buckwheat, hay and grain,
poultry, maple sugar.
Preston County Commission
106 West Main Street
Kingwood, WV, 26537
Phone: (304) 329-1805
Fax: (304) 329-3192
www.prestoncountywv.org
Municipalities: Albright, Brandonville, Bruceton
Mills, Kingwood, Masontown, Newburg,
Reedsville, Rowlesburg, Terra Alta, Tunnelton.
County Seat: Kingwood.
Magisterial Districts (3): First, Second, ird.
Voting Precincts: 28.
Area: 653.88 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 33,520.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Kingwood,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (18th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Lawrance S. Miller, Jr., (R).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in March
and June; third Tuesday in October.
Circuit Clerk: Betsy Castle, (R).
Court Reporter: (Vacancy).
Magistrates: Janice K. Snider; Eugene Jenkins;
Lewis Ault.
Family Court Judges: Randal A. Minor,
Bruceton Mills; Patricia Tolle Hill,
Morgantown.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Terri Funk, (R).
Board of Education: Robert McCrum; Kathy
McNeill; Ann Robb; Jack Keim; Chrissy Estep.
County Clerk: Linda Huggins, (R).
County Commission: Don Smith, (R), Second
District; David Price, (R), First District;
Craig Jennings, (R), ird District.
Terms of Court: Each Monday at 9:30 a.m.; first
Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney: Melvin C. Snyder III, (R).
Sheriff: Daniel Loughrie.
Surveyor: (Vacancy).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Sheila K. Williams,
(D); David P. Brown, (D); Woodrow Turner,
(R); Olivia S. Harris-Devall, (NP).
Coroners: Dawn Spear; Pam omas.
County Superintendent of Schools: Steve
Wotring.
Emergency Services Director: Duane Hamilton.
County Agricultural Agent: William Shockey.
Club Agent: David Hartley.
Nutrition Outreach Instructor: Karen Bright.
President, Farm Bureau: Phillip Gregg,
Masontown.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Opal Myers, Aurora.
Board of Health: Craig Rotruck; Kendra
Barker; Wayne Williams; Mary Roe Benson:
Rosemary Houser.
Administrator: Denise Knoebel
Health Officer: Fred Conley, Jr.
Nurses: Jeannie Welch; Rita McNair.
Clerk: Brenda Betler.
Sanitarians: V.J. D avis.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Larry
Weaver.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Nimrod Riley, Arthurdale.
Vice Chair: Sheila Kae Williams.
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Reckart.
Members
First District: Nancy Reckart, Bruceton Mills;
Marc “Bull” Welsh, Terra Alta; Gregory L.
Moran, II, Bruceton Mills.
Second District: Victoria Cole, Tunnelton;
Sheila Kae Williams; Dale McCray, Terra
Alta; Hoy Wiles, Terra Alta.
ird District: Randy Tichnell, ornton;
Nimrod Riley, Arthurdale; Lacey Tichnell,
ornton.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Donald Smith, Terra Alta.
Secretary: Joseph William, Kingwood.
Members
First District: Janet Ellis, Bruceton Mills; John
Ellis, Bruceton Mills.
Second District: Linda Huggins, Kingwood;
Don Smith, Terra Alta; Robert Meissner,
Kingwood; Shirley Hartley, Kingwood.
ird District: Nancy Ord, Reedsville.
PUTNAM
Created in 1848 from parts of Kanawha, Mason
and Cabell counties and named in honor of
General Israel Putnam, New England soldier and
patriot.
At Scary Creek, on July 17, 1861, was fought the
first engagement of any note of the Civil War in
the Kanawha Valley.
Leading industries and chief agricultural
products: chemicals, electrical power generation,
distribution, auto parts manufacturing; tobacco,
hay and grain, livestock, dairying.
Putnam County Commission
3389 Winfield Road
Winfield, WV, 25213
Phone: (304) 586-0201
Fax: (304) 586-0200
www.putnamcounty.org
Municipalities: Bancroft, Buffalo, Eleanor,
Hurricane, *Nitro, Poca, Winfield.
County Seat: Winfield.
Magisterial Districts (3): District I, District II,
District III.
Voting Precincts: 47.
Area: 350.57 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 55,486.
*Also in Kanawha County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Winfield,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (29th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Phillip Stowers, (D), chief judge,
Hurricane; Joseph Reeder (R). chief judge
alternates every two years.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
March; second Monday in July and November.
Circuit Clerk: Ronnie Matthews, (R).
Court Reporters: Judy Greene; Kathy Davis.
Probation Officers (Adult): Brenda Shrader,
chief probation officer; Beth Wood; Ray
Herbert; Jennifer Hodges, David Lamont;
Amy Sadler; LaKeisha Brown, Adult Drug
Court officer.
Probation Officers (Juvenile): Vickie Wood,
Juvenile Drug Court officer, William
Delgadillo; Vickie Wood, Juvenile Drug Court
coordinator.
Magistrates: Scot Lawrence, R; Kylene Brown,
R; Linda Hunt, R; Darry Casto, chief clerk.
Family Court Judge: Richard Witt.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Sherry Hayes, (R).
Board of Education: Jack Coyner, Hurricane;
Sam Sentelle, Hurricane; Craig Spicer,
Hurricane; William Legg, Poca; G. Robert
Cunningham, Winfield.
County Clerk: Brian Wood, (R).
County Commission: Andy Skidmore,
(R), president, Eleanor; Stephen Andes, (R),
Hurricane; Joe Haynes, (R), Hurricane.
Terms of Court: Second and fourth Tuesday
of each month. Additional meeting are held as
needed.
Prosecuting Attorney: Mark A. Sorsaia, (R).
Sheriff: Steve DeWeese, (R).
Surveyor: Randy B. Crace, (D).
Fiduciary Supervisor: Jennifer Karr.
Deputy Fiduciary Supervisors: Nancy
Reishman, Hurricane; Shelly Keefer, Leon.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Alexander J. Ross,
Charleston; Tim Lafon, Charleston; Lisa Moy,
Winfield; Stephen Sluss, Scott Depot.
County Superintendent of Schools: Harold
Hatfield.
Emergency Services Managers: John Dearnell,
EMS Director; Frank Chapman, 911 Director/
OES.
WVU Putnam County Extension Agent-
Agriculture and Natural Resources: Chu c k
Talbott.
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WVU Extension Families and Health Agent:
Tim Sayre.
WVU Extension Adult Health Educator:
Jennifer Spriggel RN, MS.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Sandy Murriner.
WVU Extension 4-H Agent: Scott Byars.
Board of Health: Brac Brown; Ryan Lockhart;
Jim Dillon; Joe Haynes.
Health Officer/Director: Arthur B. Rubin, DO,
Charleston.
Interim Administrator: Lolita Kirk, Charleston.
Sanitarians: Floyd K. Lyons, Scott Depot;
Richard Snaman, RS, Eleanor.
Nurses: Vickie Klennert, RN, Cross Lanes;
Sonya Jones, RN, Buffalo; Sara Hedrick, RN,
BSN, Scott Depot.
Road Maintenance County Supervisor: Ed
Smithers.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Kenneth Ragle.
Vice Chair: Karen Coria.
Secretary: Sharon Bowles.
Treasurer: Christina McCune.
Members
District I: Sharon Bowles; Carroll Westfall;
Travis Hoffman.
District II: Karen Coria; Florence McNeely;
Christian Watts.
District III: Christina McCune; Dot Turley; Ray
Burke; Dan Cook.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Paul Hartling.
Vice Chair: Lester Searls.
Secretary: Neuasa Trador.
Treasurer: John Gray.
Members
District I: Brenda Landers; Neuasa Trader; Jim
Caruthers; Hoy Fellure.
District II: Shirley Searls; Nancy Foster; Ron
Stone; Lester Searls.
District III: Linda Hartling; Linda Gray; John
Gray; Michel Moffatt.
RALEIGH
Created in 1850 from the southern portion of
Fayette County and named for Sir Walter Raleigh,
the English adventurer and soldier.
Grandview National Park, Little Beaver State
Park, Lake Stephens Park, Fitzpatrick Park,
Winterplace Ski Resort, New River Park, with
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine and Youth
Museum located therein, the Tamarack arts and
craft center and the Raleigh County 4-H Camp
are also located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
health, tourism, coal and coal-related products,
timber, mining equipment, electronic parts,
building blocks; cattle, potatoes, peppers, corn,
strawberries, show horses--western and English
pleasure.
Raleigh County Commission
116 1/2 North Heber Street
Beckley, WV, 25801
Phone: (304) 255-9146
Fax: (304) 255-9166
www.raleighcounty.com
Municipalities: Beckley, Lester, Mabscott,
Rhodell, Sophia.
County Seat: Beckley.
Magisterial Districts: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3.
Voting Precincts: 87.
Area: 610.15 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 78,859.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Beckley,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Harry L. Kirkpatrick, III; John A.
Hutchison, (D); Robert A. Burnside, Jr., (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Paul Flanagan, (D).
Court Reporters: Peggy Brown; Karen Myers;
Amanda A. Meadows.
Adult Probation Officers: Chris Houck, chief;
Andy Darlington; Chevene Turner; Tim Luikart.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Tim Erwin, chief;
Steven Sturgill; Judy Bare.
Magistrates: Richard D. Jones; Tomi Peck;
Stephen D. Massie; Charles R. Humphrey;
Greg Tanner.
Family Court Judges: Louise Staton, Mullens;
H. Suzanne McGraw; K. Bruce Lazenby.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Drema Bias-Evans, (D).
Board of Education: Rick Snuffer, president;
Larry Ford; Jack “Gordy” Roop; Charlotte
Hutchens; Cindy Jaffary.
County Clerk: Betty Riffe, (D).
County Commission: David Tolliver, (R),
president; Linda Kay Epling, (R); Byrd White,
III, (R).
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday each
month.
County Administrator: Jeffrey B. Raines.
Prosecuting Attorney: Kristen Keller, (D).
Assistants: Andrew Dimlich; Tom MacAuley;
E. E. Bibb, III; Pat Lamp; W.F. Richmond, Jr.;
Tom Truman; John W. Gallaher, Jr.
Sheriff: R. Steven Tanner.
Fiduciary Commissioners: John L. Bridi, (D);
E. E. Bibb, III, (D); Alan H. Larrick, (R);
William F Richmond, (R).
County Superintendent of Schools: Charles
David Price.
Emergency Services Director: John Filinski.
County Extension Agent: David Richmond.
4-H Agent: Rhonda Coleman.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Newassa Rhodes.
Nutrition Outreach Instructor: Susan Lilly.
Board of Health: Dr. John Bailes, chair;
Pete Francesa, vice chair; Paul Loflin,
D.D.S.; Dr. Angel Rosas; Katy Green.
Health Officer: Emma Villanueva, M.D.
Sanitarians: Stanley Walls, R.S., administrator;
Lisa Myles; Tina Lowery.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Jim Bob
Dalton.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Paul H. Flanagan.
Vice Chair: Sherri Hunter.
Secretary: Linda Underwood Klopp.
Treasurer: Margaret Smith.
Members
District I: Linda Underwood Klopp; Margaret
Smith; Paul H. Flanagan; Jack Tincher.
District II: Sherri Hunter; Charlene Pryor; Ed
Bibb; Chase Barton.
District III: Hazel Burroughs, Wayne Williams;
Jerry Zafferatos.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Charles (Chuck) H. Carpenter, Jr.
First Vice Chair: Stan Norman.
Second Vice Chair: John D. O’Neal.
Secretary: Lillian Foti.
Treasurer: Beverly Lund.
Members
District I: Joe Long, Ghent; Justin Arvon,
Beckley; Beverly Lund, Beckley; Linda
Sumner, Beckley.
District II: Stan Ellison, Bradley; Michael W.
Tener, Beckley; Kay Tener, Beckley; Barbara
Pettry, Whitesville.
District III: Stan Norman, Beckley; Josh
Conaway, Beaver; Janet Norman, Beckley;
Lillian Foti, Beckley.
Advisory Members: Gillis Cornett; George
Tener; Ed Mullins.
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RANDOLPH
Randolph County was formed from the county of
Harrison in 1787 and included all of the present
county of Tucker, all of Barbour County east of
the Tygart Valley River, all of Upshur County
east of the Buckhannon River and a considerable
portion of Pocahontas and Webster counties.
It lost territory in 1821 when Pocahontas was
formed; again in 1843 when Barbour came into
existence; in 1851 when it gave up some of its
territory to Upshur; in 1856 when 350 square
miles were cut off to form Tucker; and another
portion was incorporated in Webster County
when it was formed in 1860.
After all of these losses Randolph still is the
largest county in the state. It was named for
Edmund Jennings Randolph, governor of Virginia
1786-1788. e first white man who settled in
what is now West Virginia built his home on the
headwaters of the Monongahela River. In this
county occurred the first Indian massacre in the
state. From that beginning, the county has been a
historical center down to the present.
First 4-H Camp in the world was held in this
county. Kumbrabow State Forest and part of the
Monongahela National Forest are located in this
county.
Rich Mountain Battlefield is located near Beverly,
site of an important battle of the Civil War.
Southeast of Huttonsville, on White Mountain
(elevation over 4,000 feet), the federal forces
maintained the highest fortified camp in the Civil
War.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, furniture, coal, clothing, shoes; potatoes,
hay and grain, livestock, dairying.
Randolph County Commission
4 Randolph Avenue
Elkins, WV, 26241
Phone: (304) 636-2057
Fax: (304) 636-1125
www.randolphcountycommissionwv.org
Municipalities: Beverly, Coalton, Elkins,
Harman, Huttonsville, Mill Creek, Montrose.
County Seat: Elkins.
Magisterial Districts (3): Cheat, Elkins, Tygart.
Voting Precincts: 27.
Area: 1,046.34 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 29,405.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Elkins,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (20th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: David H. Wilmoth, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Last Monday in
February, June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Phil Riggleman, (D).
Court Reporter: Chris Slayer.
Commissioner: (Vacancy).
General Receiver: Davis Trust Company.
County Probation Officer: Heidi Flynn.
Magistrates: Mike Riggleman; Benjamin Shepler,
Robert Elbon, Jr.
Family Court Judge: Michele W. Good.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Phyllis Yokum, (D).
Board of Education: Donna Auvil; Lisa Wamsley;
Janie Newlon; Harvey Taylor; Bruce Haddix.
County Clerk: Brenda Wiseman, (D).
County Commission: Joyce Johns, (D); Chris
See, (D); Michael Taylor, (D).
Terms of Court: First and third ursday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Michael Parker, (D).
Sheriff: Mark T. Brady.
Fiduciary Commissioners: omas R. Ross, II;
Jennifer Morgan.
Coroner: Roy White.
Superintendent of Schools: Pamela Hewitt.
Emergency Services Director: Cindy Hart.
County Agricultural Agent: Ronnie Helmondollar.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Sandra Goodwin, Montrose.
President, Farm Bureau: Portia Dean.
President, Home Demonstration Council: Mrs.
Roy Teets.
Board of Health: Judy Guye, Chair;
Susan Hinzman, Dailey; Gene Smith, Bowden;
Loy McAtee, Huttonsville; Victor ompson.
Health Officer: Mary S. Boyd, M.D.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Raymond
Yeager.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Julia R. Stevenson.
Vice Chair: Frank P. Bush, Jr.
Secretary: Carol Cain-Bush.
Treasurer: Robert “Bob” Elbon, Sr.
Parliamentarian: Stanley “Stan” A. Gould.
Members
Elkins District: Carol Cain-Bush; Julia R.
Stevenson; Frank P. Bush, Jr.; Dave Rao.
Cheat District: Marilyn Kesling; Debra L.
Bohon Hoover; Stanley “Stan” A. Gould; David
L. Kesling.
Tygart District: Robert “Bob” Elbon; Gerald
“Jerry” Simmons; (Vacancies).
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Carolyn Jackson.
Vice Chair: Steven Cook.
Secretary: Billie Sipes.
Treasurer: Synthia Phares.
Members
Tygart District: Carolyn Jackson; Mary C. Boltz;
(Vacancies).
Elkins District: Judy Guye-Swanson; Barbara
Tyre; Steven Cook; Phillips B. Kolsun.
Cheat District: Billie Sipes; John Hempel;
(Vacancies).
At Large Members: Synthia Phares; Deborah
Cook; Rhett Dusenbury.
RITCHIE
e government offices for Ritchie County are
located in Harrisville. e first settler in the
vicinity of Harrisville was Lawrence Maley, who
arrived there in 1801. e area was originally
known then as “Maley’s Settlement.” e town
was platted in 1822 and chartered by the State
of Virginia as Harrisville and named for omas
Harris. e first post office was established on
July 25, 1833, and was called Solus because a
Harrisville post office already existed in the state
of Virginia. e name was changed June l, 1847,
to Ritchie Court House, Virginia. It was changed
again February 14, 1870 to Harrisville, West
Virginia. en on May 11, 1874 it was changed
back to Ritchie Court House. e final change
was made on August 19, 1895 to Harrisville, in
honor of General omas M. Harris. General
Harris was the nephew of omas Harris, for
whom the town was originally named. General
Harris was also one of the commissioners in the
military trial of those accused of plotting the
assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from parts of
Wood, Harrison, and Lewis counties. When it was
formed, it also included land that is now included
in Doddridge and Pleasants counties. In the 1860s
a small portion of what was Gilmer County was
added to Ritchie County.
Ritchie County was named in honor of omas
Ritchie, a distinguished early American journalist.
Ritchie was the founder and editor of the
Richmond Enquirer in 1804. e paper, under his
leadership, became one of the leading newspapers
in the country. As editor of the newspaper he
championed the cause for the western counties of
Virginia. Ritchie’s uncle was Judge Spencer Roane,
whom Roane County was named after.
ere are numerous attractions in the county,
including North Bend State Park and Lake and
North Bend Rail Trail. is trail has numerous
bridges and tunnels and is part of the 5,5OO-
mile coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail.
Also, W.Va. Route 47 is designated as part of a
National Scenic Byway as it closely follows the
original route of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg
Turnpike.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products
include: petroleum, natural gas, timber, window
manufacturing, automobile carpet manufacturing,
aluminum truck bed manufacturing, glass and
glassware; livestock, hay and grain.
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Ritchie County Commission
115 E Main Street
Harrisville, WV, 26362
Phone: (304) 643-2164
Fax: (304) 643-2906
www.ritchiecounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Auburn, Cairo, Ellenboro,
Harrisville, Pennsboro, Pullman.
County Seat: Harrisville.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Northeast,
Southwest.
Voting Precincts: 15.
Area: 455.27 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 10,449.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Harrisville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (3rd Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Timothy L. Sweeney, (D), St. Marys.
Terms of Circuit Court: Fourth Monday in
January, first Monday in June, and first
Monday in October.
Circuit Clerk: Rose Ellen Cox, (R), Pennsboro.
Court Reporter: Debra Windom,
Middlebourne.
General Receiver: Rose Ellen Cox.
Probation Officer: Tina Paczewski.
Juvenile Probation Officer: Danielle Stanley.
Magistrates: David Wayne Haugh, Cairo;
Teresa Harper, Ellenboro.
Family Court Judge: Larry S. Whited,
Grantsville.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Arlene Mossor, (R).
Board of Education: Carolyn Bowie, president,
Cairo; Brian Scott Walton, Ellenboro; Andrew
Cowan, Harrisville; Ed Cokeley, Harrisville;
Melanie Vogt-McCloy, Pennsboro.
County Clerk: Tracie D. McDonald, (R).
County Commission: Samuel C. Rogers,
President, Pennsboro; Stephen C. Worden,
Cairo; Floyd M. Hodge, Sr., Harrisville.
Terms of Commission: Second ursday of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Steven Jones, (R).
Sheriff: Bryan Backus, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Rodney C. Windom;
Ira M. Haught.
Medical Examiners: Dr. James LeVos; John
M. Bever, Jr., coroner; omas A.
McCullough, deputy coroner.
County Superintendent of Schools: Edward
Tom a n.
County Extension Agent: Stephanie Deem.
President, Farm Bureau: Ted R ichards.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Deena Richards, Pullman.
Executive Director, Health Department: Dick
Wittberg.
Board of Health: Charlene Sweeney; Samuel C.
Rogers.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Mike
Dailey.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Myron Bailey, Smithville.
Members
Northeast District: Dale Seese, Ellenboro.
Southwest District: Ralph McCullough,
Smithville.
Central District: Ada Riggs, Pullman.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Lewis Phillip Davis.
Treasurer: Linda B. Maze.
Secretary: Alice Ann Hoff.
Members
Northeast District: Lewis P. Davis, Pennsboro;
Norma J. Davis, Pennsboro; Diane Hacker-
McCullough, Pennsboro; Donnie K. Jones,
Pennsboro.
Southwest District: Alice Ann Hoff, Cairo;
Harvey H. Williamson, Smithville; Connie L.
Frederick, Smithville; Ward Robertson, Cairo.
Central District: Linda B. Maze; Leesa
Snodgrass; Wilson Watson; David M. Scott,
Harrisville.
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ROANE
Created in 1856 from parts of Kanawha, Jackson
and Gilmer counties and named in honor of
Judge Spencer Roane, a distinguished judge of
the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, whose
wife, Anne, was the daughter of Patrick Henry.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, lumber and its products;
hay and grain, livestock, dairying, poultry.
Roane County Commission
200 Main Street
Spencer, WV, 25276
Phone: (304) 927-0078
Fax: (304) 927-0079
www.roanewv.com
Municipalities: Reedy, Spencer.
County Seat: Spencer.
Magisterial Districts (3): District I, District II,
District III.
Voting Precincts: 20.
Area: 486.20 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 14,926.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Spencer,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David W. Nibert, (D), Point Pleasant;
omas C. Evans, III, (R), Ripley.
Terms of Circuit Court: Fourth Tuesday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Andrea Stockner, (R).
Court Reporters: John Berkhouse; Sandra
Hickman.
General Receiver: Circuit Clerk.
Drug Court Officer: Mary Hammack.
Adult/Juvenile Probation Officer: Kimberly
Mertz; J.D. Smith.
Magistrates: Ron White, (D); Jason D. Bennett,
(R).
Family Court Judge: Larry S. Whited, (R).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Emily C. Westfall, (R).
Board of Education: Eileen Richardson;
Jeff Mace; Greg Boggs; Joseph Painter; Paul
Cummings.
County Clerk: Charles B. White, Jr., (D).
County Commission: Melissa O’Brien, (R),
president; Merlin Shamblin, (R); Gary A.
Mace, (D).
Terms of Court: Second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Josh Downey, (R).
Sheriff: L. Todd Cole, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Orton Jones, (R);
Richard D. Frum, (N); Drew Patton, (D).
Coroner: (Vacancy).
County Superintendent of Schools: Jerry
Garner.
Emergency Services Director: Melissa Gilbert.
Extension Agent: Brandy Brabham.
Health Officer: David Avery, M.D.
Board of Health: Jacob Fetty; Candace Westfall.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Gary Alvis.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mark Eastman.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
District-I: (Vacancy).
District-II: Chuck Wyrostok; Robert “Robin”
Wilson, Jr.
District-III: James L. “Jim” Crowder; Mark
Eastman.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Charles E. McCarty.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
District-I: Marge Marshall; William F. Gross;
Tom Dale.
District-II: Emmett C. Snyder, Jr.
District-III: Linda Drennen.
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
933
SUMMERS
Formed in 1871 from parts of Monroe, Mercer,
Greenbrier, and Fayette counties and named in
honor of George W. Summers, a prominent jurist
of Kanawha County.
Bluestone Lake (1,000 acres), Bluestone State Park,
and Pipestem State Park are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber; livestock, hay and grain.
Summers County Commission
120 Ballengee Street, PO Box 97
Hinton, WV, 25951
Phone: (304) 445-7100
Fax: (304) 466-7146
www.summerscountywv.org
Municipalities: Hinton.
County Seat: Hinton.
Magisterial Districts (3): Bluestone River, New
River, Greenbrier River.
Voting Precincts: 15.
Area: 367.76 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 13,927.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Hinton,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (31st Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Robert A. Irons, (D), Pickaway.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Tuesday in
March, third Tuesday in July and November.
Circuit Clerk: Linda S. Brumit, (D).
Court Reporter: Ann Owens.
General Receiver: Sandra Cozort.
Adult/Juvenile Probation Officer: Matthew S.
McMillion.
Chief Adult/Juvenile Probation Officer: Karen Childs.
Magistrates: J. William Jeffries, Jr.; Jack K.
Hellems.
Family Court Judges: K. Bruce Lazenby,
Beckley; H. Suzanne McGraw, Beckley;
Louise G. Staton, Mullens.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Greg Vandall, (D).
Board of Education: Rebecca Sue Angell,
president; David Ballard; Deborah Clark;
James Withrow; Jean Gore.
County Clerk: Mary E. Merritt, (D).
County Commission: Lloyd W. “Bill” Lightner,
(D), president; Jack David Woodrum (R);
Tony Williams, (D).
Terms of Court: Second Monday of month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Amy L. Mann, (D).
Sheriff: Garry S. Wheeler, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: E. Kent Hellems,
(D); David L. Ziegler, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: Vicki
Hinerman.
President, Farm Bureau: Wallace McGraw.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Erma Meadows.
Board of Health: Lee Roy Farley, Pipestem;
Bertie Lou Lively, Green Sulphur Springs;
Donald L. Hannah, Nimitz; Nannie K. Kirk;
Jack David Woodrum.
Board of Health Administration: Sandra Ball, R.N.
Health Officer: Dr. Steven Richman
Sanitarian: Chad Meador.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: James G.
Hardy, II.
Coordinator for Governor’s WV Watch
Program: Chad Meador.
WVU Extension Agent and 4-C Economic
Development Coordinator: Rick Moorefield.
WVU Extension Agent: Lesley Woodrum.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mary Lou Haley.
Vice Chair: Martha Maddy.
Secretary: Jon Averill.
Treasurer: Debi McNeer.
Members
Bluestone River District: Phillip M. Maddy;
Martha Maddy; Betty Giles; Jim Miller.
Greenbrier River District: Cleo P. Mathews;
Debi McNeer; Chris Chanlett; Jack Ashley.
New River District: Abby Averill; Jon Averill;
Charles S. Oxley, Jr.; Lila Oxley.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Joe Garcia.
First Vice Chair: Jeff Lyon.
Secretary: Brenda Garcia.
Treasurer: Herb Miller.
Attorney: Richard Gunnoe.
Members
Bluestone River District: Patty Lyon; Brenda
Garcia; Joe Garcia; Jeff Lyon.
Greenbrier River District: Martha B. Briers;
omas F. Briers; John Vuolo; Hailey Ratliff.
New River District: John Parkin; Roy Cooper;
Connie Parkin; Karen Johnson.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
934
TAYLOR
Created in 1844 from parts of Harrison, Barbour
and Marion counties and named for Senator John
Taylor (1750-1824), distinguished soldier and
statesman of Carolina County, Virginia.
e Mother’s Day Shrine is located in Grafton.
Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother’s Day, was born at
Webster, a small community just outside Grafton.
Tygart Valley River flood control dam, built by the
government at a cost of $18.3 million, is located
near Grafton.
e Pruntytown Correctional Center, formerly the
West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, located
at Pruntytown (unincorporated), was established
in 1801 under the name of Williamsport, which
was the original county seat.
e only national cemetery in West Virginia is
located in Taylor County.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Rex-Hide, Inc., Quality Machine Co., Dyna-Tech
Adhesives, Inc.
Taylor County Commission
214 W Main Street
Grafton, WV, 26354
Phone: (304) 265-1401
Fax: (304) 265-5787
www.taylorcounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Flemington, Grafton.
County Seat: Grafton.
Magisterial Districts (3): Eastern, Tygart,
Western.
Voting Precincts: 19.
Area: 177.19 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 16,895.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Grafton,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Alan D. Moats, (D), ornton.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, April, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Vonda M. Reneman, (D).
Court Reporter: Debbie Arthur.
Probation Officers: Bonnie Viani; Heather Pride.
Magistrates: Robert Mollohan, (D); Rick Reese (D).
Family Court Judge: Beth Longo, Philippi.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Judith L. Collett (D).
Board of Education: Judy Barney; Alan
DePiano; Nancy A Ludwick; Melissa D.
Knotts; Dick Teagarden.
County Clerk: Georgianna ompson (R).
County Commission: Tony J. Veltri, (R); David
Efaw, (D); Orville Wright.
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday of the
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: John L. Bord (R).
Sheriff: Terring Skinner, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Shawn Nines, (R);
Robert C. Gorey, Jr., (D).
Medical Examiner: Dr. Christopher Villaraza, II.
Coroner: (Vacancy).
County Superintendent of Schools: Charles R.
Maynard.
Emergency Services Director: Mike Kochka.
County Extension Agent: Jennifer Shirey.
President, Farm Bureau: Gary Bolyard.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Virginia Ellis.
Board of Health: John M. Keener, chair; Wilda
Swisher; Richard Warne; Roger LeMasters.
Health Officer: Dr. Peter Wentzel.
Sanitarian: Jacob LeMasters.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: John Corio.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Diane Parker.
Secretary: Denise Binion.
Treasurer: Freda Gillespie.
Members
Western District: Denise Binion; Pat Tucker;
Sherri Heavener.
Tygart District: Freda Gillespie; Diane C.
Parker; Bill Collett; Charlie Marshall.
Eastern District: Calla Dell Frederick; Doug
Latta; Rose Mary Knight.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jay Taylor.
Vice Chair: Tom Bartlett.
Members
Western District: Barbara Ratka.
Tygart District: Tom Bartlett; Barbara Bartlett;
Charles Morgan; JoAnn Morgan.
Eastern District: Berlan Bryan; Marj Bryan;
(Vacancies).
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
935
TUCKER
Formed in 1856 from Randolph County and
named for Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848),
an eminent jurist and statesman of
Virginia.
Blackwater Falls State Park, Canaan Valley State
Park, and part of Monongahela National Forest
are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
Kingsford Charcoal, Hinchcliff Lumber Co.,
coal, lumber; potatoes, maple sugar, buckwheat,
livestock.
Tucker County Commission
211 First Street
Parsons, WV, 26287
Phone: (304) 478-2866
Fax: (304) 478-2446
www.tuckercountycommission.com
Municipalities: Davis, Hambleton, Hendricks,
Parsons, omas.
County Seat: Parsons.
Magisterial Districts (3): Blackwater, Cheat River,
Shavers Fork.
Voting Precincts: 11.
Area: 421.67 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 7,141.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Parsons,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Philip B. Jordan, Jr., (D), chief judge,
Keyser; Lynn A. Nelson, (R), Keyser.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
February; first Tuesday in June and October.
Circuit Clerk: Donna Jean Bava, (D).
Court Reporters: Patsy McDonald; Maria Clark.
General Receiver: Tom Preston.
Adult Probation Officer: Jerome V. DiBacco, Jr.
Juvenile Probation Officer: omas Felton.
Magistrates: Riley H. Barb, (D); William
“Mont” Miller, (D).
Family Court Judge: Michelle W. Good, Elkins.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Paul Burns, (D).
Board of Education: Marvin E. Parsons; Kevin
White; Timothy Turner; Janet Preston; Judy
Fairbanks.
County Clerk: Sherry Simmons, (R).
County Commission: Lowell Moore, (R);
Diane Hinkle, (D); Patrick Darlington, (R).
Terms of Court: Second and fourth
Wednesday of each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Ray LaMora, (R).
Sheriff: Brian Wilfong, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Janet Preston, (D);
Pat A. Nichols, (D).
Coroner: Heather Davis.
County Superintendent of Schools: Edward
Campbell.
WVU Extension Agent: Jesica Streets, agent in
training.
President, Farm Bureau: Beverly Rosier.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Evelyn Moore, St. George.
Health Officer: James Snyder.
Chief Sanitarian: James Snyder.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Barry
Gardner.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: John W. Cooper.
Secretary: Michael McClintock.
Treasurer: Elaine George.
Members
Cheat River District: Boyd Myers. (Vacancy)
Shavers Fork District: (Vacancy).
Blackwater District: John W. Cooper; isbe
Cooper; Richard W. Spence; Linda M.
Spence; Michael McClintock; Elaine George.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Bruce Kolsun.
Secretary: Romaine Arnold.
Treasurer: Fran Shupp.
Members
Cheat River District: Bruce Kolsun, Parsons.
(Vacancy)
Shavers Fork District: Doris T. Bonner, Kerens;
Debbie Stevens. (Vacancy)
Blackwater District: Romaine Arnold, Davis;
Fran Shupp, Canaan; Janet Canon, omas;
Calvin Dearborn, Canaan.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
936
TYLER
Created from Ohio County in 1814 and named in
honor of John Tyler, eighth governor of Virginia
and father of John Tyler, tenth president of the
United States.
e world’s greatest gas well, “Big Moses,”
producing 100,000,000 cubic feet of gas per day,
was drilled in this county in 1894.
Leading businesses, industries, and chief
agricultural products: glass and glassware;
petroleum, natural gas, chemicals; marbles;
service industries; artisan crafters; production of
dairy, poultry, beef, pork; alpacas; Tyler County
Speedway; Oil and Gas Festival.
Tyler County Commission
PO Box 66
Middlebourne, WV, 26149
Phone: (304) 758-2102
Fax: (304) 758-2126
www.tylercountywv.com
Municipalities: Friendly, Middlebourne, *Paden
City, Sistersville.
County Seat: Middlebourne.
Magisterial Districts (4): Central, North, South,
West.
Voting Precincts: 12.
Area: 260.12 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 9,208.
*Also in Wetzel County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Middlebourne,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (2nd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David W. Hummel, Jr., (D)
Moundsville; Jeffrey D. Cramer, Moundsville.
Terms of Court: Second Tuesday in February,
June, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Candy Warner, (R), Alma.
Court Reporters: Shannon Blankenship; Holly
Glover Kocher.
Probation Officer: John T. Lantz, New
Martinsville.
Magistrates: John E. Roberts, (D), Kidwell;
Michael Griffin, (R), Alma.
Family Court Judge: Robert C. Hicks, (D),
Sistersville.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Jackson L. Hayes, (R).
Board of Education: Linda L. Hoover, Alma;
David “PJ” Wells, Sistersville; Bonnie
Henthorn, Middlebourne; Scott Strode,
Middlebourne; Jimmy Wyatt, Middlebourne.
County Clerk: Teresea R. Hamilton, (R), Shirley.
County Commission: Charles A. Smith, (R);
John F. Stender, (R); Eric H. Vincent, (R).
Terms of Court: Second and fourth Tuesday of
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: D. Luke Furbee, (R).
Sheriff: Earl P. Kendle, Jr., (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Phillip J. Bowser,
New Martinsville; F. M. Dean Rohrig;
Frederick Wilcox, New Martinsville.
County Superintendent of Schools: Robin
Daquilante.
Emergency Services Director: omas Cooper,
Sistersville.
President, Farm Bureau: David Ash, Sistersville.
Board of Health: Brent Gamble, New
Martinsville; John Eckels, Sistersville; Larry
Lemon, New Martinsville; Linda Ritz, New
Martinsville; Eric Peters, Friendly.
Health Officer: David F. Hess, M.D., Glendale
Sanitarian: Mark Hawkins, McMechen.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Douglas R.
Hayes.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Stephen D. Seago.
Secretary/Treasurer: Barbara Huffman, Paden City.
Members
South District: George L. Lemasters, Alma;
Murldene Lemasters, Alma.
Central District: James L. Menges; Stephen Seago.
West District: (No Members).
North District: Barbara J. Smith, Paden City.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Rebecca Wells, Friendly.
Vice Chair: Michael V. Smith, Middlebourne.
Secretary: Regina Pratt, Alma.
Treasurer: Patricia A. Boggs, Middlebourne.
Members
South District: Regina Pratt, Alma.
Central District: Rebecca Wells, Friendly.
West District: Janet L. Hadley, Sistersville;
Craig Pritchett, Sistersville.
North District: Patricia A. Boggs; Michael Smith.
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
937
UPSHUR
Formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour and
Lewis counties and named for Abel Parker
Upshur, distinguished statesman and jurist of
Virginia.
West Virginia Wildlife Center is located near
French Creek (unincorporated).
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, coal, natural gas; clothing; livestock;
dairying, strawberries, corn.
Upshur County Commission
38 W Main Street
Buckhannon, WV, 26201
Phone: (304) 472-0535
Fax: (304) 472-2399
www.upshurcounty.org
Municipality: Buckhannon.
County Seat: Buckhannon.
Magisterial Districts (3): First, Second, ird.
Voting Precincts: 29.
Area: 354.86 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 24,254.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Buckhannon,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (26th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Jacob E. Reger, (R).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Brian P. Gaudet, (R).
Court Reporter: Tiffany Tate.
General Receiver: Steven Nanners.
Adult Probation Officers: Jason Kelley; John
Meadows; Micah Renee’ Harris.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Jason Kelley; John
Meadows; Micah Renee’Harris.
Magistrates: Juanita Adams, (R); J. Michael
Coffman, (R).
Family Court Judge: Robert Reed Sowa,
Frametown.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Donald W. Rice, (R).
Board of Education: Alan Suder; Carl Martin;
Teresa Bellamy; Greenbrier Almond; Tammy
Samples.
County Clerk: Debbie acker Wilfong, (R).
County Commission: J. C. Raffety, (R); Troy A.
Brady (R); Terry Cutright, (R).
Terms of Court: Each ursday.
Prosecuting Attorney: David E. Godwin, (R).
Sheriff: David H. Coffman, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Terry D. Reed, (R);
Daya M. Wright, (D)
Medical Examiner: Shane Brown – Barbour
County
County Superintendent of Schools: Roy Wager.
County Extension Agents, 4-H: Craig Presar;
Natasha Harris.
President, Farm Bureau: Rex Reeder.
Upshur County CEOS: Lucy Mullins,
President; Donna Bennett, Vice President;
Cathy DeBarr, Secretary; Betty Hinkle,
Treasurer.
Board of Health: Dale Hawkins, (D); Amy
Queen, (D); Larry Carpenter; Michael
Livesay; Charliena Eubank.
Health Officer: Joseph Reed, (part-time).
Chief Sanitarian: Josh Marsh.
County Health Nurses: Susan Evans; Sue
McKisic.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Donna Matthews.
Vice Chair: Larry Alkire.
Treasurer: Andrea Hays.
Secretary: Mark Hays.
Members
First District: Mark Hays; Andrea Hays; Sandra
Dean; Robert Andrick.
Second District: Donna Matthews; Karen
Kesling.
ird District: Charlotte Henline; Larry Alkire;
Linda Alkire; Dale Burgess.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Patricia L. Adams.
Vice Chair: LeVera Gillum.
Secretary: Heather L. Queen.
Treasurer: Linda S. DeBarr.
Members
First District: Linda DeBarr; Heather Lee
Adams; William Sembello; Harold
Cunningham.
Second District: LeVera Gillum; Keith Gillum;
Amy J. Karnes; Robert Karnes.
ird District: Patricia L. Adams; Charlotte A.
Lewis; Kenneth Himes; Creed Pletcher, Jr.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
938
WAYNE
Formed from Cabell County in 1842 and
named in honor of General Anthony Wayne of
Revolutionary War fame.
Cabwaylingo State Forest, Beech Fork State Park,
East Lynn Lake and Beech Fork Lake are located
in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, natural gas, lumber, cement and concrete;
chemical and petroleum refining, manufacturing,
distribution/intermodal facility; hay, grain,
tobacco, livestock, dairying, poultry, fruit,
vegetables, sorghum.
Wayne County Commission
PO Box 248
Wayne, WV, 25570
Phone: (304) 272-6350
Fax: (304) 272-6348
www.waynecountywv.org
Municipalities: Ceredo, Fort Gay, *Huntington,
Kenova, Wayne.
County Seat: Wayne.
Magisterial Districts (5): Butler, Ceredo,
Stonewall, Union, Westmoreland.
Voting Precincts: 36.
Area: 517.88 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 42,481.
*Also in Cabell County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Wayne,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (24th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Darrell Pratt, (D), Prichard; James H.
Young, Jr., (D), Ceredo.
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
March, July, and November.
Circuit Clerk: Milton J. Ferguson, II, (D).
Court Reporters: Amanda Hunter; JoAnn
Wilson.
Commissioner in Chancery: Jason Fry.
General Receiver: Jason Fry.
Magistrates: David Ferguson, (D), Genoa;
Randy Wiles, (D), Huntington.
Family Court Judge: Stephen Lewis, (D),
Huntington.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Eric L. Hodges, (D).
Board of Education: Katie Carey,
Westmoreland, President; Joann Hurley,
Westmoreland, President; Rob Pennington,
Fort Gay; Darik Adkins, Shoals; Vicky Boyd,
Wayne.
County Commission: Robert E. Pasley, (D),
President; Charles Sammons, (D), Crum;
Kenneth R. Adkins, (D), Huntington.
Interim County Clerk: Joan Potter (D).
Terms of Court: Each Monday, except first
ursday each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: omas Plymale, (D),
Huntington.
Sheriff: Greg Farley, (D), Lavalette.
Surveyor: Matt Strogen.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Paul J. Prunty,
Huntington; Randall Wall, Huntington.
County Superintendent of Schools: Gary Adkins.
Assistant Superintendents: John Michael
Rutherford; Don Davis; Carol Lynn Hart;
Clinton Burch.
Treasurer: Mike Rutherford.
Emergency Services Director: William Willis.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Audrey Willis.
Extension Agent, 4-H: Julie Tritz.
Extension Agent, Agriculture and Economic
Development: Carl Marcum.
Extension Agent, Home Economics: Julie Tritz.
Board of Health: Roy L. Matthews, Dunlow,
chair; Fred Tanner, Huntington;
Dr. Charles Sammons, Crum; Max Parks,
Huntington; Mike Rutherford, Wayne.
Health Officer: Kevin McCann, M.D.
Administrator: Mickey Plymale, Huntington.
Sanitarians: David Farley; Melissa Spence.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Randy
Smith, Radnor.
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
939
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Dr. Rodney C. ompson, Wayne.
First Vice Chair: Tammy Pritt, Ceredo.
Second Vice Chair: Tim Bias, Kenova.
ird Vice Chair: Donna J. May, Prichard.
Associate Chair: Wilts Salmons, Fort Gay.
Treasurer: Eldon Perry, East Lynn.
Secretary: Barbara Sutherland, Dunlow.
Associate Secretary: (Vacancy).
Members
Butler District: James Frazier, Prichard; Donna
May, Prichard.
Ceredo District: Tim Bias, Kenovo; Tammy
Pritt, Ceredo.
Stonewall District: Hobert Crum, Dunlow;
Mary Marcum, Crum.
Union District: Kent Mills, Wayne; Tammy
Smith, Wayne.
Westmoreland District: Frank Dorsey,
Huntington; Betty J. Ronk Dixon,
Huntington.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Mark R. Maynard.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Jeff Maynard.
Secretary: Jewell G. Maynard.
Parliamentarian: Dallas acker.
Members
Butler District: (Vacancies).
Ceredo District: Millard F. Donnelly, Kenova;
Pauline Donnelly, Kenova.
Stonewall District: Bobby Allen, Crum; Margie
Allen, Crum.
Union District: (Vacancy); Debbie Capron,
Lavalette.
Westmoreland District: Sandra Pinson,
Huntington; Jeff Maynard, Huntington.
WEBSTER
e last county in West Virginia to be created
before the separation from Virginia. Created
in 1860 from Nicholas, Braxton and Randolph
counties and named in honor of Daniel Webster,
New England orator and statesman.
Holly River State Park and part of Monongahela
National Forest are located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, coal; potatoes, buckwheat, oats, livestock,
poultry, honey.
Webster County Commission
2 Court Square
Webster Springs, WV, 26288
Phone: (304) 847-5780
Fax: (304) 847-7755
www.webstercounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Camden on Gauley, Cowen,
Webster Springs.
County Seat: Webster Springs.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Northern,
Southern.
Voting Precincts: 14.
Area: 558.60 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 9,154.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Webster Springs,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (14th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Jack Alsop, (D); Richard A. Facemire,
(D), Sutton.
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January and first Monday in May and
September.
Circuit Clerk: Jeanie D. Moore, (D).
Court Reporter: Lauren Morrison, Jackson.
Commissioner in Chancery: (Vacancy).
Probation Officer: Bradley Bonnett.
Magistrates: John Stone, (D); Richard
Robertson, (D).
Family Court Judge: Jeffrey Hall, (D), Diana.
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK
940
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Max W. Cochran, (D).
Board of Education: Joyce Markle; Lisa
Clutter; Susan Chericalo; Heather Davis;
Harold Carpenter.
County Clerk: Eva R. Green, (D).
County Commission: Daniel B. Dotson, III,
(D); Jerry F. Hamrick, (D); Anna Carpenter,
(D).
Terms of Court: First Wednesday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Dwayne C.
Vandevender, (D).
Sheriff: David G. Bender, (D).
Surveyor: (Vacancy).
Fiduciary Commissioner: Elaine E. Green, (D).
County Superintendent of Schools: Scott
Cochran.
Emergency Services Director: Richard Rose,
(D).
County Agricultural Agent: Michael Hall, (D).
President, Farm Bureau: (Vacancy).
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: (Vacancy).
Board of Health: Karen Dotson; John W.
Perrine; Heather Dennison; Alberta Hickman.
Health Officer: Dr. Luke McElwain.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Charles
Smith, (D), Cowen.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Dana L. Lynch.
Vice Chair: Tabitha Williams.
Treasurer: Daniel A. Lehman.
Members
Northern District: Lloyd Lehman; Daniel A.
Lehman; Charlotte Helmick; Barbara Williams.
Central District: Sue Talbott; Nancy Lynch;
Larry Lynch; Randall Rader.
Southern District: Fred Hollandsworth; Charles
Schartiger; Imogene Schartiger; Tabitha
Williams.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Bill Snyder.
Members
Northern District: Robert Waybright.
Central District: (Vacancies).
Southern District: Charlene Grounds.
WETZEL
Created in 1846 from Tyler County and named
for Lewis Wetzel, famous frontier character and
Indian fighter.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
petroleum, natural gas, glass, glassware, marbles,
sand, gravel, cathedral glass; livestock, vegetables,
fruit.
Wetzel County Commission
PO Box 156
New Martinsville, WV, 26155
Phone: (304) 455-8217
Fax: (304) 455-5256
www.wetzelcounty.wv.gov
Municipalities: Hundred, New Martinsville,
*Paden City, Pine Grove, Smithfield.
County Seat: New Martinsville.
Magisterial Districts (3): One, Two, ree.
Voting Precincts: 22.
Area: 360.47 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 16,583.
*Also in Tyler County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address New Martinsville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (2nd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: David W. Hummel, Jr., (D), Chief
Judge, Moundsville; (Vacancy).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Tuesday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Sharon M. Dulaney, (D).
Court Reporters: Shannon Blankenship; Holly
Glover Kocher.
General Receiver: Brenda Botizan, (D).
Probation Officers: Bryan Hostutler; John
Lantz.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner: Philip J.
Bowser.
Magistrates: Judy Goontz, (D); omas J.
Shepherd, (D).
Family Court Judge: Robert C. Hicks,
Sistersville.
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941
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Scott Lemley, (D).
Board of Education: Michael Blair; Robert
Patterson; Carolyn Lemasters Gatian; Linda
Kirk; Joshua Balcerak.
County Clerk: Carol S. Haught, (D).
County Commission: Robert L. Gorby,
president; Lawrence P. Lemon; vice president;
Donald E. Mason, commissioner.
Terms of Commission: First Tuesday in
January; first Tuesday in April; third Tuesday
in July; and first Tuesday in October, (Meets
each Tuesday).
Prosecuting Attorney: Timothy E. Haught, (D).
Sheriff: Joh E. Brookover, (D).
Surveyor: Henry M. Parsons, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Philip J. Bowser;
Frederick M. Dean Rohrig; Frederick E.
Wilcox.
County Superintendent of Schools: Leatha G.
Williams.
County Extension Agent: Mollie Toppe.
President, Farm Bureau: Robert Yeager, Pine
Grove.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Pat Spangler, Hundred.
Board of Health (Wetzel-Tyler): Brent Gamble,
chair; Larry Lemon, co-chair; John
Eckles; Linda Ritz; Eric Peters.
Health Officer: Dr. David Hess, M.D.
Wetzel/Tyler Health Nurse: Karen Cain,
registered nurse/administrator.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Randy
Rush.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Greg Morris.
Vice Chair: Ralph Strippel.
Secretary: Kimberly Frum.
Treasurer: Jack Haught.
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer: (Vacancy).
Members
District 1: Jack Haught; Mike Mellott; Barbara
King.
District 2: Kimberly Frum; Greg Morris; Ralph
Phillips; Edna Travis.
District 3: Nelda Kocher Glover; Deanna
McConaughey; Ralph Strippel; Steve Pallisco.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Herbert Jung.
Vice Chair: Mike Clark.
Secretary: Barbara Brasher.
Treasurer: Mary Jung.
Members
District 1: Barbara Brasher; Janet
Higginbotham.
District 2: Eloise Hayes; Brenda Napier; Steve
Napier.
District 3: Barbara Nolan; Mary Jung; Mike
Clark; Fay Kocher; Carol Knapp; (Vacancy).
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942
WIRT
Formed in 1848 from Wood and Jackson counties
and named for William Wirt of Maryland, who
gained fame as an author, orator and lawyer in his
adopted state of Virginia.
Palestine Bass Hatchery is located in this county.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
lumber, petroleum; hay and grain, livestock,
poultry, dairying.
Wirt County Commission
PO Box 53
Elizabeth, WV, 26143
Phone: (304) 275-4271
Fax: (304) 275-3418
www.wirtcounty.wv.gov
Municipality: Elizabeth.
County Seat: Elizabeth.
Magisterial Districts (3): Central, Northeast,
Southwest.
Voting Precincts: 9.
Area: 234.41 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 5,717.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Elizabeth,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (4th Judicial Circuit)
Judges: J. D. Beane, (D), Chief judge,
Parkersburg; Robert A. Waters, (R),
Parkersburg; Jeffrey B. Reed, (R), Parkersburg.
Terms of Circuit Court: Last Monday in
March, June, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Carol Frame, (R).
Court Reporter: Lynde Baker.
Juvenile Probation Officers: Larry Johnson,
chief; Jane Barnes; Jessica Trippett; Dana
Stearman; Dallas Phelps; Tom Rutherford.
Adult Probation Officers: Jeff Nuckols, chief;
Michelle Buckley; Sherry Hall; Jason Hayner;
Joe Powell.
Magistrates: C. David Roberts; Janey Wigal.
Family Court Judges: Connie omas. New
Haven; Rebecca Cornett, Cottageville.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Deborah A. Hennen, (D).
Board of Education: Edward Powell; Mark
Lowe; John Nemeth; Chuck Mills; Carl
Brainard.
County Clerk: Suellen Calebaugh, (D).
County Commission: Robert Gunnoe; Robert
W. Lowe, Jr; Charles Murray.
Terms of Court: First and third Tuesday of each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Leslie L. Maze, (D).
Sheriff: Delmas Keith Wilson, Jr., (R).
Fiduciary Commissioner: Leslie L. Maze.
Coroner: Ruth Anne Full.
County Superintendent of Schools: MaryJane
Pope-Albin.
Emergency Services Director: Denzil Lynch.
President, Farm Bureau: Alvin Engelke, (R).
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Roxie Holbert.
Board of Health: (Vacancy).
Health Officer: Dr. David Avery.
Health Nurse: Devena Moore.
Acting Road Maintenance Superintendent:
Jason Nichols.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jerry Brookover.
Secretary: Linda Sams.
Treasurer: Debbie Hennen.
Members
Central District: Jerry Brookover; Debbie
Hennen, Linda Sams.
Southwest District: Suellen Calebaugh.
Northeast District: Mary Lou Sheppard.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Angie Adams.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Treasurer: Alvin Engelke.
Members
Central District: (Vacancies).
Southwest District: Alvin Engelke; Richard
Boice; Angie Adams.
Northeast District: (Vacancies).
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
943
WOOD
Formed in 1798 from Harrison County and
named in honor of James Wood, governor of
Virginia (1796 -1799).
Blennerhassett Island, in the Ohio River near
Parkersburg, is well known because of Harmon
Blennerhassett’s participation in Aaron Burr’s
conspiracy.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
nylon, shovels, tools, plastic, glass, glassware,
pharmaceuticals, porcelain, electrical equipment,
oil field equipment, steel and metal products,
petroleum; dairying, poultry, livestock, fruit, hay
and grain.
Wood County Commission
1 Court Square
Parkersburg, WV, 26101
Phone: (304) 424-1984
Fax: (304) 424-0194
www.woodcountywv.com
Municipalities: North Hills, Parkersburg, Vienna,
Williamstown.
County Seat: Parkersburg.
Magisterial Districts (3): A, B, C.
Committee Districts: Clay District 1, Clay
District 2, Harris District, Lubeck District 1,
Lubeck District 2, Parkersburg District-at-Large,
Walker District, Williams District 1, Vienna
Second Ward, Parkersburg City (9 Districts),
Union District.
Tax Districts (14): Clay, Harris, Lubeck,
Parkersburg, Parkersburg City, Slate, Steele,
Tygart, Union, Vienna, Walker, Williams,
Williamstown, North Hills.
Voting Precincts: 69.
Area: 377.82 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 86,956.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Parkersburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (4th Judicial District)
Judges: Robert A. Waters, (R); Jeffrey B. Reed,
(R); J.D. Beane, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: Second Monday in
January, May, and September.
Circuit Clerk: Carole Jones, (R).
Court Reporters: Cindy Sutphin; Lynde Baker
Stacy Harlow.
General Receiver: William Crichton IV.
Chief Probation Officer: Jeff Nuckolls.
Probation Officers: Katherine Trippel; Michelle
Buckley, Joe Powell, Sherry Hall and Casey
Kuhn.
Magistrates: Robin Waters; Joyce Purkey;
Brenda Marshall; Joe Kuhl.
Family Court Judges: Brian Dempster, (D),
Williamstown; C. Darren Tallman, (R).
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Rich Shaffer, (R).
Board of Education: Peggy Smith; Jim Asbury;
Tim Yeater; John Marlow; Lawrence
Hasbargan.
County Clerk: Mark Rhodes, (D).
County Commission: Stephen Gainer,
president (R); David Blair Couch (R), Robert
Tebay (R).
Terms of Court: First ursday in January,
April, July, and October.
Prosecuting Attorney: Jason Wharton, (R).
Sheriff: K. D. Merritt, (R).
Surveyor: Scott Stewart, (R).
Fiduciary Commissioners: Ernest M. Douglass,
(R); Justin Hardman, (R); R. Vance Golden,
III, (D); Gerald W. Townsend, (D).
Coroner: Mike St. Clair.
County Superintendent of Schools: John Flint.
Extension Agent: Jodi L. Smith.
Secretary: Risha Bradford.
President, Farm Bureau: Dave Lawson.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Jorie Kennedy.
Health Officer: David Avery, M.D.
Executive Director: Dr. Drema Mace.
Board of Health: David Blair Couch; David
McClue.
Sanitarians: Elizabeth Green; Joe Faller; John
Dennis; Charles Mapes; Linda Smithson; Will
Helmick; Angela Linville; Nicole Needs.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: Rusty
Roten.
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944
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Jane Burdette.
Executive Director: Jean Grapes.
First Vice Chair: Karen Campbell.
Secretary: Kay Dunn.
Treasurer: Charlie Meyers.
Democratic Women Representative: Carol J.
Sams.
Members
District A-1: Vacanc y (2).
District A-2: Walt Auvil, Vacancy (1).
District A-3: Daryl Cobranchi, Vacancy (1).
District A-4: Brenda Brum, Vacancy (1).
District A-5: Judith Stephens, Vacancy (1).
District A-6: Jane Burdette, Vacancy (1).
District A-7: Vacancy (2).
District A-8: Debra (Debbie) Hendershot,
Vacancy (1).
District B-1: Vacancy (2).
District B-2: Vacancy (2).
District B-3: George Campbell, Nancy
Stephens.
District B-4: Linda Meyers, Charles Meyers.
District B-5: Gary ompson, Vacancy (1).
District B-6: Cathy Stump, Gene Stump.
District B-7: Vacancy (2).
District B-8: Vacancy (2).
District C-1: Sandy Cowan, Vacancy (1).
District C-2: Darlene Kiger, Joe Kiger.
District C-3: Neva Bock, Vacancy (1).
District C-4: Jean Grapes, Don Griffith.
District C-5: Vacancy (2).
District C-6: Vacancy (2).
District C-7: Dolores Townsend, Charles
Cooper.
District C-8: Wayne Dunn, Kay Dunn.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Rob Cornelius.
Vice Chair: Lewis Rexroad.
Associate Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: Richard Shaffer.
Treasurer: Virginia Miller.
Parliamentarian: K. Robert Buchanan.
Members
District A-1: Vacancy (2).
District A-2: Vacancy (2).
District A-3: Sharon Smith, Vacancy (1).
District A-4: Vacancy (2).
District A-5: Rob Cornelius, Vacancy (1).
District A-6: Vacancy (2).
District A-7: Barbara Fish, Allen S. Ross.
District A-8: Gladys Lemley, Vacancy (1).
District B-1: Barbara D. Smith, Robert W.
Smith.
District B-2: Roger Conley, Vacancy (1).
District B-3: Greg Smith, Vacancy (1).
District B-4: Lenny Rabatin, Linda Rabatin.
District B-5: Vacancy (2).
District B-6: Rocky Peck, Betty Boot.
District B-7: Vacancy (2).
District B-8: Paul Bibbee, Dorothy Bibbee.
District C-1: Vacancy (2).
District C-2: Earl Lucas, Joan Lucas.
District C-3: Vacancy (2).
District C-4: Vacancy (2).
District C-5: Vacancy (2).
District C-6: Vacancy (2).
District C-7: Lewis Rexroad, Vacancy (1).
District C-8: Vacancy (2).
SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
945
WYOMING
Created in 1850 from Logan County and named
for the Delaware Indian word meaning “large
plains”.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
coal, natural gas, lumber; livestock, poultry, hay
and grain.
Municipalities: Mullens, Oceana, Pineville.
County Seat: Pineville.
Magisterial Districts (3): No. 1, No. 2, No. 3.
Voting Precincts: 27.
Area: 507.30 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 23,796.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Pineville,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (27th Judicial Circuit)
Judge: Warren R. McGraw, (D).
Terms of Circuit Court: First Monday in
February, May, and October.
Circuit Clerk: David Stover, (R).
Court Reporter: Karen Stollings.
General Receiver: (Vacancy).
Probation Officers: Alan Lambert, Mullens;
Debbie Wiles; Teresa Willard.
Mental Hygiene Commissioners: Robert
Browning, Jr.; Charles B. Mullins, II.
Magistrates: James R. Boles; Craig Cook; Kay
Fulford.
Family Court Judges: Louise Staton, Mullens;
H. Suzanne McGraw, Beckley; K. Bruce
Lazenby, Beckley.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Michael E. Cook, (D).
Board of Education: Michael Prichard,
president, Glen Fork; Robbie Bailey IV,
Pineville; Alan Stiltner, Baileysville; Mike
Davis, Mullens; Doug Lester, Oceana.
County Clerk: D. Michael Goode, (D).
County Commission: Jason Mullins, (D),
Mullens; Larry Mathis, (D), Oceana; Silas
Mullins, Jr., (D), Wyoming.
Terms of Court: First and third Wednesday in
each month.
Prosecuting Attorney: Michael Cochrane, (D).
Sheriff: Randall Aliff, (D).
Fiduciary Commissioners: M. Dean Meadows,
(D), Matheny; (Vacancy).
Medical Examiner: Scott Daniels, Mullens.
County Superintendent of Schools: Frank
Blackwell, Mullens.
Emergency Services Director: M. Dean
Meadows, (D), Matheny.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Deanna Cook, Oceana.
Board of Health: Carol Morgan, Lynco; David
Stover, Mullens; Debra K. Cook, Kopperston;
Kevin Kissell, Pineville; Mike McCoy,
Pineville.
Health Officer: Samuel A. Muscari, Jr.
Sanitarian: Fred Cox.
Road Maintenance Superintendent: David Cox.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: David ompson.
Vice Chair: Terry Runion, Mullens.
Secretary: Frances Armstrong, Glen Rogers.
Treasurer: Kay Lambert.
Members
District 1: Terry Runion; Francis Lee
Armstrong; Jason Mullins.
District 2: Allan Stiltner, Brenton; Kay
Lambert; David G. ompson; Linda Goode
Phillips.
District 3: Shari Cook, Oceana; Clisty Hill,
Oceana; D. Michael Goode; Michael E. Cook.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers
Chair: Epp Cline.
Vice Chair: (Vacancy).
Secretary: Gloria Cline.
Treasurer: Brian Sneed.
Members
District 1: Brian Sneed.
District 2: Sue Cline, Billy Joe Cooper, Richard
Butcher.
District 3: Jeannette Belcher, Gloria Cline, Tony
Paynter, Epp Cline.
