Randolph / Webster County
N 38° 32.637 W 080° 11.710
17S E 570137 N 4266477
A two sided sign telling us where the counties were formed from and how they were named.
Waymark Code: WMH7CB
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2013
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Randolph County
Formed, 1787, from Harrison. Named for Edmund Jennings Randolph, Virginia statesman and soldier. Largest county in the State. Federal dominance of the Tygart's Valley in the Civil War largely determined control of West Virginia.
Webster County
Formed, 1860, from Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph. Named for Daniel Webster. Webster County is noted for its fine mountain scenery. Its forests produced the tree that was the largest hardwood at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Randolph / Webster County
Marker Location: Randolph / Webster County line on Route 15.
County or Independent City: Randolph / Webster County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1972
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