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Gilmer

Gilmer County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408, making it West Virginia's fifth-least populous county.
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  • Type: County with 8,690 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Gilmer County”, “Gilmer County, Virginia”, “Gilmer County, West Virginia”, and “Gilmer County, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Kanawha Valley Bank and Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary.

Historic building
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is a historic bank building located at , Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1901 and is a small one-story commercial building with Classical Revival-style details.

Historic building
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is a historic poor farm building located near , Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 by what is now the Glenville Golf Club, and is a two-story, three-bay, center entrance frame building with a cross-hip pitched roof and Colonial Revival-style details.

Retail building
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, also known as the Country Store Museum, is a historic general store building located at , Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenville and Truebada.

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is a town of about 1,100 people and the county seat of Gilmer County, on the Little Kanawha River. It is home to State University, Cedar Creek State Park and several industrial companies, as well as a federal prison.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, , United States. is located on the , 3 miles east of .

Hamlet
was an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, , United States. Its post office is closed. It was also known as Murrell. A large share of the first settlers were from the family, hence the name.

Gilmer

Latitude
38.9268° or 38° 55′ 37″ north
Longitude
-80.835° or 80° 50′ 6″ west
Population
8,690
Elevation
1,125 feet (343 metres)
Open location code
86CXW5G7+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006352
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4806966
Wiki­data ID
Q504842
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Gilmer” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gilmer County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جيلمر”
  • Armenian: “Ֆիլմեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Gilmer”
  • Basque: “Gilmer konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Gilmer County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Gilmer County”
  • Bishnupriya: “গিলমের কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “গিলমের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Гилмър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Gilmer”
  • Cebuano: “Gilmer County”
  • Chechen: “Гилмер”
  • Chinese: “Gilmer Kūn”
  • Chinese: “吉尔默县”
  • Chinese: “吉爾默縣”
  • Chinese: “吉爾默郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Gilmer, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Gilmer”
  • Dutch: “Gilmer County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Gilmer”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Gilmer”
  • Estonian: “Gilmeri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Gilmerin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Gilmer”
  • French: “comté de Gilmer”
  • French: “Comté de Gilmer”
  • Georgian: “გილმერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Gilmer County”
  • Gilaki: “گیلمر ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “گیلمر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Gilmer megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Gilmer”
  • Italian: “contea di Gilmer”
  • Italian: “Contea di Gilmer”
  • Japanese: “ギルマー郡”
  • Korean: “길머군”
  • Low German: “Gilmer County”
  • Mazanderani: “گیلمر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gilmer Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gilmer Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilmer County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilmer County”
  • Norwegian: “Gilmer County”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Gilmer Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Gilmer Kaundi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گیلمر، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گیلمر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Gilmer”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Gilmer”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Gilmer, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Gilmer”
  • Russian: “Гилмер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Gilmer”
  • Serbian: “Gilmer County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Гилмер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gilmer County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gilmer County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Gilmer”
  • Swedish: “Gilmer County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Gilmer County”
  • Tatar: “Гилмер (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Гилмер”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer County”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Gilmer ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гілмер”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґілмер”
  • Urdu: “گلمر کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “گلمر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Gilmer”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Gilmer, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Gilmer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Gilmer, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Gilmer”
  • Welsh: “Gilmer County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Gilmer County”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلمر کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whiting House and Glenville Church of Christ.

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