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Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,033. [1] Its county seat is Weston. [2] The county was formed in 1816 from Harrison County [3] and named for Col. Charles Lewis (1733–1774), a Virginian killed in the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Lewisburg is located approximately one mile north of the Greenbrier River. [15]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.81 square miles (9.87 km 2), of which 3.80 square miles (9.84 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [16]
The Printing Press and offices were relocated to Lewisburg WV around 1972. Published Monday through Friday, the newspaper covers local news and events in the Greenbrier Valley, West Virginia, spreading across Greenbrier and Monroe counties, and areas of Pocahontas County. Its partner paper, the West Virginian, is published on Wednesdays. [2]
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The 2025 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play their home games at Milan Puskar Stadium located in Morgantown, West Virginia .
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...
West Virginia University Health System - Morgantown (Monongalia County) J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital located in Morgantown, West Virginia (2022) J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital - Morgantown (Monongalia County) Chestnut Ridge Center - Morgantown (Monongalia County) Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center - Morgantown (Monongalia County)
Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia. The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2. West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Republicans Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), and Jim Justice (serving since 2025). Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his ...