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Mingo County, West Virginia
Map
Location in the state of West Virginia
Location of West Virginia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1895
County Seat	Williamson
Courthouse

United States    West Virginia    Mingo County

County Courthouse

Mingo County Courthouse
P O Box 1197
Williamson, WV 25661-1197
304-235-0330

• County Clerk has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1895 and burial records from 1959
• Clerk of Court has divorce, probate and court records^[1]

History

Mingo County, West Virginia History

Parent County

1895--Mingo County was created 30 January 1895 from Logan County.
County seat: Williamson ^[1]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Mingo County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Buchanan County, Virginia
• Lincoln
• Logan
• Martin County, Kentucky
• McDowell
• Pike County, Kentucky
• Wayne
• Wyoming

Resources

Cemeteries

Mingo County, West Virginia Cemetery Records
Tombstone Transcription Project Mingo County, West Virginia
Mingo County, West Virginia Political Graveyard
Mingo County Tombstone Photos USGENWEB Archives Project

Census

For tips on accessing Mingo County, West Virginia census records online, see: West Virginia Census.

 Mingo County, West Virginia Census 1900

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Mingo County, West Virginia Map

TrailsRus West Virginia Mingo County

Mingo County, West Virginia Map

Military

• West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Naturalization

• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers

Probate

West Virginia Will Books

Vital Records

West Virginia Vital Records - Birth - Death - Marriages 
Mingo County, West Virginia Marriages

Societies and Libraries

Mingo County Genealogical Society
P O Box 2581
Williamson, WV 25661

Mingo County Public Libraries

Family History Centers

The closest family history centers are the Huntington Family History Center and the Charleston Family History Center.

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• CYNDI'S List West Virginia
• Logan County, Virginia Recreated 1824-1863 includes Mingo County

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).