Since I can't remember everything I hear and do, I decided to create a quick list of the counties in West Virginia and include a brief history of each. The link to the right of each county is used to direct you to another page with more information.

West Virginia's early history from 1609 until 1863 is largely shared with Virginia, of which it was a part of until Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861. The delegates of 40 western counties then formed their own government, which was granted statehood in 1863.

Barbour (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/barbour)
Berkeley (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/berkeley)
Boone (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/boone)
Braxton (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/braxton)
Brooke (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/brooke)
Cabell (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/cabell)
Calhoun (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/calhoun)
Clay (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/clay)
Doddridge (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/doddridge)
Fayette (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/fayette)
Gilmer (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/gilmer)
Grant (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/grant)
Greenbrier (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/greenbrier)
Hampshire (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/hampshire)
Hancock (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/hancock)
Hardy (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/hardy)
Harrison (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/harrison)
Jackson (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/jackson)
Jefferson (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/jefferson)
Kanawha (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/kanawha)
Lewis (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/lewis)
Lincoln (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/lincoln)
Logan (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/logan)
Marion (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/marion)
Marshall (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/marshall)
Mason (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/mason)
McDowell (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/mcdowell)
Mercer (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/mercer)
Mineral (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/mineral)
Mingo (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/mingo)
Monongalia (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/monongalia)
Monroe (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/monroe)
Morgan (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/morgan)
Nicholas (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/nicholas)
Ohio (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/ohio)
Pendleton (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/pendleton)
Pleasants (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/pleasants)
Pocahontas (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/pocahontas)
Preston (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/preston)
Putnam (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/putnam)
Raleigh (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/raleigh)
Randolph (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/randolph)
Ritchie (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/ritchie)
Roane (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/roane)
Summers (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/summers)
Taylor (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/taylor)
Tucker (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/tucker)
Tyler (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/tyler)
Upshur (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/upshur)
Wayne (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/wayne)
Webster (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/webster)
Wetzel (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/wetzel)
Wirt (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/wirt)
Wood (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/wood)
Wyoming (http://www.shgresources.com/wv/counties/wyoming)