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Government Edition · West Virginia
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West Virginia Government Edition
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One place to understand West Virginia government, public records, elections and the economic decisions shaping communities.
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Your West Virginia
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County, city or ZIP can resolve the public jurisdictions, officials, meetings, election information and community data connected to a user.
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Canonical geography
West Virginia counties and county equivalents
Each geography resolves backward to US-WV and forward into the same national place, records and program graph.
View all 55 canonical county relationships
Barbour CountyUS-WV-001 · FIPS 54001Berkeley CountyUS-WV-003 · FIPS 54003Boone CountyUS-WV-005 · FIPS 54005Braxton CountyUS-WV-007 · FIPS 54007Brooke CountyUS-WV-009 · FIPS 54009Cabell CountyUS-WV-011 · FIPS 54011Calhoun CountyUS-WV-013 · FIPS 54013Clay CountyUS-WV-015 · FIPS 54015Doddridge CountyUS-WV-017 · FIPS 54017Fayette CountyUS-WV-019 · FIPS 54019Gilmer CountyUS-WV-021 · FIPS 54021Grant CountyUS-WV-023 · FIPS 54023Greenbrier CountyUS-WV-025 · FIPS 54025Hampshire CountyUS-WV-027 · FIPS 54027Hancock CountyUS-WV-029 · FIPS 54029Hardy CountyUS-WV-031 · FIPS 54031Harrison CountyUS-WV-033 · FIPS 54033Jackson CountyUS-WV-035 · FIPS 54035Jefferson CountyUS-WV-037 · FIPS 54037Kanawha CountyUS-WV-039 · FIPS 54039Lewis CountyUS-WV-041 · FIPS 54041Lincoln CountyUS-WV-043 · FIPS 54043Logan CountyUS-WV-045 · FIPS 54045McDowell CountyUS-WV-047 · FIPS 54047Marion CountyUS-WV-049 · FIPS 54049Marshall CountyUS-WV-051 · FIPS 54051Mason CountyUS-WV-053 · FIPS 54053Mercer CountyUS-WV-055 · FIPS 54055Mineral CountyUS-WV-057 · FIPS 54057Mingo CountyUS-WV-059 · FIPS 54059Monongalia CountyUS-WV-061 · FIPS 54061Monroe CountyUS-WV-063 · FIPS 54063Morgan CountyUS-WV-065 · FIPS 54065Nicholas CountyUS-WV-067 · FIPS 54067Ohio CountyUS-WV-069 · FIPS 54069Pendleton CountyUS-WV-071 · FIPS 54071Pleasants CountyUS-WV-073 · FIPS 54073Pocahontas CountyUS-WV-075 · FIPS 54075Preston CountyUS-WV-077 · FIPS 54077Putnam CountyUS-WV-079 · FIPS 54079Raleigh CountyUS-WV-081 · FIPS 54081Randolph CountyUS-WV-083 · FIPS 54083Ritchie CountyUS-WV-085 · FIPS 54085Roane CountyUS-WV-087 · FIPS 54087Summers CountyUS-WV-089 · FIPS 54089Taylor CountyUS-WV-091 · FIPS 54091Tucker CountyUS-WV-093 · FIPS 54093Tyler CountyUS-WV-095 · FIPS 54095Upshur CountyUS-WV-097 · FIPS 54097Wayne CountyUS-WV-099 · FIPS 54099Webster CountyUS-WV-101 · FIPS 54101Wetzel CountyUS-WV-103 · FIPS 54103Wirt CountyUS-WV-105 · FIPS 54105Wood CountyUS-WV-107 · FIPS 54107Wyoming CountyUS-WV-109 · FIPS 54109
Explore West Virginia
One state. Four ways in.
01 · PEOPLE
Officials & Candidates
Office, district, committees, public activity, election information and source-linked profiles.
02 · GOVERNMENT
Bills & Meetings
Legislation, committees, agendas, public actions and changes to the official record.
03 · COMMUNITIES
Economy & Development
Jobs, workforce, housing, infrastructure and public investment in context.
04 · LEARN
Government, Explained
Plain-English education on process, public records and economic-development tools.
DayMark Record
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Public Activity Record
Source-linked chronology with earlier and later official records retained separately.
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HistorySource-first
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Accountability workflows
Ask the official — or request the records.
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PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Request the underlying records.
Use the national guided gateway with West Virginia already selected.
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Close an evidence gap.
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Economic-development education
Government decisions shape communities.
Public economic information can sit beside the government decisions and records that help explain it.
Jobs & Workforce
Employment, wages, labor force and workforce-development context.
Housing
Supply, affordability, development and public policy affecting communities.
Infrastructure
Transportation, utilities and public capital projects supporting communities.
Public Investment
Publicly documented incentives, grants, agreements and project outcomes.
Nonpartisan voter education
Election information should be easier to understand.
Comparable candidate pages, office explainers, public forums and official election resources — without endorsements.
VOTER GUIDE
Understand the office.
Explain what an office does before presenting comparable candidate information.
CANDIDATES
Comparable profiles.
Use the same structure and sourcing rules across candidates in the same contest.
PUBLIC FORUMS
Questions in public.
Archive questions, responses and source material with context attached.
OFFICIAL RESOURCES
Verify the basics.
Keep the official election authority directly accessible.
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