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Taylor

Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,705. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1844 and named for Senator John Taylor of Caroline.
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  • Type: County with 16,900 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Taylor County”, “Taylor County, Virginia”, “Taylor County, West Virginia”, and “Taylor County, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grafton National Cemetery and West Virginia National Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is a United States National Cemetery located in . It encompasses a total of 3.2 acres. Along with , it is one of two United States Department of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries in West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton.

Cemetery
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is a United States National Cemetery located , Taylor County, . It encompasses 89.7 acres. Along with , it is one of the two national cemeteries in the state of West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grafton and Webster.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a city in . It is the county seat of Taylor County. It is believed to be the location where the first Civil War fatality occurred, when Union private Thornsbury Bailey Brown was shot on May 22, 1861.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia. It lies four miles south of . Its elevation is 1,019 feet above sea level.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community at the junction of the Northwestern Turnpike and U.S. Route 250 in Taylor County, , USA. It was formerly the county seat and is currently the site of the .

Taylor

Latitude
39.3281° or 39° 19′ 41″ north
Longitude
-80.0403° or 80° 2′ 25″ west
Population
16,900
Elevation
1,089 feet (332 metres)
Open location code
86FX8XH5+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4824403
Wiki­data ID
Q511095
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Taylor” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Taylor County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة تايلور”
  • Armenian: “Թեյլոր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Taylor”
  • Basque: “Taylor konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Taylor County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Taylor County”
  • Bulgarian: “Тейлър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Taylor”
  • Cebuano: “Taylor County”
  • Chechen: “Тейлор”
  • Chinese: “Taylor Kūn”
  • Chinese: “泰勒县 (西维吉尼亚州)”
  • Chinese: “泰勒縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Taylor, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Taylor”
  • Dutch: “Taylor County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Taylor”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Taylor”
  • Finnish: “Taylorin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Taylor”
  • French: “comté de Taylor”
  • French: “Comté de Taylor”
  • Georgian: “ტეილორის ოლქი”
  • German: “Taylor County”
  • Gilaki: “تیلور ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “تیلور ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τέιλορ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז טיילור”
  • Hungarian: “Taylor megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Taylor”
  • Italian: “contea di Taylor”
  • Italian: “Contea di Taylor”
  • Japanese: “テーラー郡”
  • Japanese: “テイラー郡”
  • Korean: “테일러군”
  • Low German: “Taylor County”
  • Mazanderani: “تیلور شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Taylor Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Taylor Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taylor County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taylor County”
  • Norwegian: “Taylor County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان تیلور، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان تیلور”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Taylor”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Taylor”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Taylor, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Taylor”
  • Russian: “Тейлор (Западная Вирджиния)”
  • Russian: “Тейлор (округ)”
  • Russian: “Тейлор (США)”
  • Russian: “Тейлор”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Taylor”
  • Serbian: “Taylor County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Тејлор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taylor County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taylor County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Taylor (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Taylor”
  • Swedish: “Taylor County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Taylor County”
  • Tatar: “Тайлер (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Тайлер”
  • Turkish: “Taylor County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Taylor County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Taylor County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Taylor County”
  • Turkish: “Taylor ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Taylor ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Taylor ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Taylor ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Тейлор”
  • Urdu: “ٹیلر کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ٹیلر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Taylor”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Taylor, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Taylor, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Taylor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Taylor, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Taylor”
  • Welsh: “Taylor County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Taylor County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹیلر کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹیلر کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Park View and West Grafton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walnut Street Playground and Trinity United Methodist Church.

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