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Preston

Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. Its county seat is . The county was formed from in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.
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  • Type: county of West Virginia with 33,500 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Preston County”, “Preston County, Virginia”, “Preston County, West Virginia”, and “Preston County, WV”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Dawson and Preston High School.

Military installation
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is a West Virginia Army National Guard facility in Preston County, . It is one of a handful of dedicated military posts operated by the West Virginia National Guard, houses the West Virginia Army National Guard's officer candidate school.

School
is a four-year public high school in , United States. It houses nearly 1,200 students from the entirety of Preston County, West Virginia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingwood and Saint Joe.

Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census. The city sits within the above the valley.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Preston County, , United States. The community was named for the fact three of its first settlers were named Joseph. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Preston.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Preston County, , United States.

Preston

Latitude
39.4693° or 39° 28′ 10″ north
Longitude
-79.6682° or 79° 40′ 5″ west
Population
33,500
Elevation
1,726 feet (526 metres)
Open location code
87F2F89J+PP
Geo­Names ID
4819019
Wiki­data ID
Q495157
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Preston” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Preston County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بريستون”
  • Armenian: “Փրեստոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Preston”
  • Basque: “Preston konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Preston County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Preston County”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রেসটন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রেসটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Престън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Preston”
  • Cebuano: “Preston County”
  • Chechen: “Престон”
  • Chinese: “Preston Kūn”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯頓縣”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯頓郡”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯顿县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Preston, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Preston”
  • Dutch: “Preston County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Preston”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Preston”
  • Finnish: “Prestonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Preston”
  • French: “Comté de Preston”
  • Georgian: “პრესტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Preston County”
  • Gilaki: “پرستون ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “پرستون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πρέστον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πρέστον”
  • Hungarian: “Preston megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Preston”
  • Italian: “contea di Preston”
  • Italian: “Contea di Preston”
  • Japanese: “プレストン郡”
  • Korean: “프레스턴군”
  • Low German: “Preston County”
  • Mazanderani: “پرستون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Preston Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Preston Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Preston County”
  • Norwegian: “Preston County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پرستون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پرستون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Preston”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Preston”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Preston, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Preston”
  • Russian: “Престон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Preston”
  • Serbian: “Preston County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Престон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Preston County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Preston County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Preston”
  • Slovenian: “Preston County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Preston (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Preston”
  • Swedish: “Preston County”
  • Tatar: “Престон (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Престон”
  • Turkish: “Preston County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Preston County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Preston County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Preston County”
  • Turkish: “Preston ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Preston ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Preston ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Preston ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Престон”
  • Urdu: “پریسٹن کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “پریسٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Preston”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Preston, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Preston, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Preston”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Preston, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Preston”
  • Welsh: “Preston County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Preston County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پریسٹن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kingwood Plaza Shopping Center and Preston Memorial Hospital.

West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations

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Curious Places to Discover

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