Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 87,986. Its county seat is Parkersburg. Wood County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio (part) Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wood County was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and it was named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county h...
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Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 87,986. Its county seat is Parkersburg. Wood County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio (part) Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wood County was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and it was named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 377 square miles (976 km²), of which, 367 square miles (951 km²) of it is land and 10 square miles (25 km²) of it (2.56%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 87,986 people, 36,275 households, and 24,884 families residing in the county. The population density was 240 people per square mile (92/km²). There were 39,785 housing units at an average density of 108 per square mile (42/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.32% White, 1.01% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.04% Pacific...
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