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Upshur

Upshur County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,816. Its county seat is Buckhannon. The county was formed in 1851 from , , and counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of .
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  • Type: County with 24,300 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Upshur County”, “Upshur County, Virginia”, “Upshur County, West Virginia”, and “Upshur County, WV”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adrian and Sago.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, , United States. is located on West Virginia Route 20, 6.5 miles southwest of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, , United States. It is located along the and is the site of the Mine, scene of the 2006 Mine disaster.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, , United States. The community was named after Abraham Hinkle, the proprietor of a local sawmill.

Upshur

Latitude
38.8958° or 38° 53′ 45″ north
Longitude
-80.2461° or 80° 14′ 46″ west
Population
24,300
Elevation
1,663 feet (507 metres)
Open location code
86CXVQW3+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006350
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4825733
Wiki­data ID
Q495175
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Upshur” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Upshur County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أوشور”
  • Armenian: “Ափշեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Upshur”
  • Basque: “Upshur konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Upshur County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Upshur County”
  • Bishnupriya: “আপসুর কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “আপসুর কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ъпшър”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Upshur”
  • Cebuano: “Upshur County”
  • Chechen: “Апшер”
  • Chinese: “Upshur Kūn”
  • Chinese: “亞普修爾郡”
  • Chinese: “厄普舍县”
  • Chinese: “厄普舍縣”
  • Chinese: “邑梭縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Upshur, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Upshur”
  • Dutch: “Upshur County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Upshur”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Upshur”
  • Esperanto: “Upshur County”
  • Estonian: “Upshuri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Upshurin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte d’Upshur”
  • French: “comté d’Upshur”
  • French: “Comté d’Upshur”
  • Georgian: “აფშურის ოლქი”
  • German: “Upshur County”
  • Gilaki: “آپشور ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “آپشور ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אופשור”
  • Hungarian: “Upshur megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Upshur”
  • Italian: “contea di Upshur”
  • Italian: “Contea di Upshur”
  • Japanese: “アップシャー郡”
  • Korean: “업셔군”
  • Low German: “Upshur County”
  • Mazanderani: “آپشور شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Upshur Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Upshur Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Upshur County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Upshur County”
  • Norwegian: “Upshur County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آپشور، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آپشور”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Upshur”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Upshur”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Upshur, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Upshur”
  • Russian: “Апшер”
  • Russian: “Апшур”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Upshur”
  • Serbian: “Upshur County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Апшер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Upshur County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Upshur County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Upshur”
  • Swedish: “Upshur County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Upshur County”
  • Tatar: “Апшер (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Апшер”
  • Turkish: “Upshur County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Upshur County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Upshur County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Upshur County”
  • Turkish: “Upshur ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Upshur ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Upshur ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Upshur ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Апшер”
  • Urdu: “اپشر کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “اپشر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Upshur”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Upshur, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Upshur, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Upshur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Upshur, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Upshur”
  • Welsh: “Upshur County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Upshur County”
  • Western Panjabi: “اپشر کاؤنٹی”

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Highlights include Sago Baptist Church and Laurel Park Church.

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