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The Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton, West Virginia was built in 1930–31 in the Art Moderne style. Designed by Alex B. Mahood, it is the most significant example of the style in southern West Virginia. Friezes above the front and rear doors were designed by Mrs. S.L. Mahood, the mother of the architect.
Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [ 13 ] The oldest county is Hampshire , established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895. [ 1 ]
Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census , the population was 59,664. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Princeton . [ 2 ]
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
West Virginia's Judiciary includes a Business Court Division. [3] The Business Court Division (BCD) was created by the Supreme Court of Appeals adoption of Trial Court Rule 29 in September 2012, and the BCD formally opened in October 2012, with Judge Christopher C. Wilkes as the first BCD chair.
Princeton and Mercer County would remain supportive of the Confederacy, and was not included in the original counties that made up the new State of Kanawha, ultimately named West Virginia. [ 8 ] By the end of 1865 Judge Nathaniel Harrison was appointed as circuit judge, and Princeton residents shunned him because he was a Confederate turncoat.
Sep. 7—PRINCETON — A long-time West Virginia State Police trooper has made a retirement transition to the role of chief deputy at the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. Former sergeant Alan ...
The district is located entirely within West Virginia's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 29th, 34th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, and 41st districts of the West Virginia House of Delegates. [4] It borders the states of Kentucky and Virginia. [5]