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Ritchie

Ritchie County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,444. Its county seat is . The county was created in 1843 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for newspaper publisher Thomas Ritchie.
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  • Type: County with 10,400 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Ritchie County”, “Ritchie County, Virginia”, “Ritchie County, West Virginia”, and “Ritchie County, WV”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrisville and Chevaux De Frise.

Town
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is a town and the county seat of Ritchie County, , United States. is located at the junction of State Routes 31 and 16, five miles south of U.S.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, , United States. The etymology of the name of nearby Run is disputed.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, in the U.S. state of .

Ritchie

Latitude
39.1666° or 39° 9′ 60″ north
Longitude
-81.0475° or 81° 2′ 51″ west
Population
10,400
Elevation
1,037 feet (316 metres)
Open location code
86FW5X83+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006326
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4820055
Wiki­data ID
Q501839
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Ritchie” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ritchie County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ريتشي”
  • Armenian: “Ռիտչի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Ritchie”
  • Basque: “Ritchie konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Ritchie County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Ritchie County”
  • Belarusian: “Рычы”
  • Bishnupriya: “রিটচি কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “রিটচি কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ричи”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Ritchie”
  • Cebuano: “Ritchie County”
  • Chechen: “Ритчи”
  • Chinese: “Ritchie Kūn”
  • Chinese: “里奇县”
  • Chinese: “里奇縣”
  • Chinese: “里奇郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Ritchie, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Ritchie”
  • Dutch: “Ritchie County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ريتشى، ويست ڤيرچينيا”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ritchie”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Ritchie”
  • Finnish: “Ritchien piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Ritchie”
  • French: “comté de Ritchie”
  • French: “Comté de Ritchie”
  • Georgian: “რიტჩის ოლქი”
  • German: “Ritchie County”
  • Gilaki: “ریچی ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ریچی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Ρίτσι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ρίτσι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ריצ’י, וירג’יניה המערבית, ארצות הברית”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ריצ’י, וירג’יניה המערבית”
  • Hebrew: “ריצ’י קאונטי (וירג’יניה המערבית)”
  • Hebrew: “ריצ’י קאונטי”
  • Hungarian: “Ritchie megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Ritchie”
  • Italian: “contea di Ritchie”
  • Italian: “Contea di Ritchie”
  • Japanese: “リッチー郡”
  • Korean: “리치군”
  • Low German: “Ritchie County”
  • Mazanderani: “ریچی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ritchie Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ritchie Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ritchie County”
  • Norwegian: “Ritchie County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ریچی، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ریچی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Ritchie”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Ritchie”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Ritchie, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Ritchie”
  • Russian: “Ритчи”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Ritchie”
  • Serbian: “Ritchie County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ричи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ritchie County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ritchie County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Ritchie”
  • Swedish: “Ritchie County”
  • Tatar: “Ритчи (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Ритчи”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie County”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Ritchie ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Рітчі”
  • Urdu: “رچی کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “رچی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Ritchie”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ritchie, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ritchie, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ritchie”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Ritchie, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Ritchie”
  • Welsh: “Ritchie County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Ritchie County”
  • Western Panjabi: “رچی کاؤنٹی”

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