Preston County, West Virginia
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Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. Its county seat is Kingwood. The county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.
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Image: The Preston County Courthouse in Kingwood, West Virginia LCCN2015631570
Kingwood, West Virginia
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Kingwood is a city in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census. The city sits within the Allegheny Mountains above the Cheat River valley. It is part of the Morgantown metropolitan area.
James Clark McGrew House, September 2013
Home in the Kingwood Historic District, September 2013