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Pleasants County was created from portions of Wood, Ritchie, and Tyler counties
Pleasants County, named for James Pleasants, governor of Virginia (1822-24), is one of the smallest counties in West Virginia. It has 134.6 square miles and 2020 population of 7,655. Pleasants County was created in 1851 from portions of Wood, Ritc...
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