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Wood County was named for James Wood, Governor of Virginia, 1796-1799. In 1832, the town of Ripley was incorporated, Elizabeth and Harrisville on January 3, 1822, and Saint Mary’s on March 31, 1857.
Wood County, in northwestern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1798 and named in honor of James Wood, a soldier in the American Revolution and later the governor of Virginia. The Wood County seat is at Parkersburg on the Ohio River, which courses along the northwest border of the county.
Wood County, West Virginia (WV) County population in 2022: 83,340 (73% urban, 27% rural); it was 87,986 in 2000.
Share this. Wood County is in the western part of the state, located about 70 miles west of Clarksburg and about 75 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio. Its northern and western boundary is the Ohio River which is the West Virginia state border with Ohio. The county was formed in 1798 from Harrison County.
About. In 2022, Wood County, WV had a population of 84.3k people with a median age of 43.8 and a median household income of $54,350. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Wood County, WV declined from 84,678 to 84,272, a −0.479% decrease and its median household income grew from $50,231 to $54,350, a 8.2% increase.
Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census, 84,296 people lived there. Its county seat is Parkersburg. References
