List of West Virginia county name etymologies This is a list of West Virginia county name etymologies . West Virginia counties Barbour County : Barbour is named for Virginia judge Philip Pendleton Barbour . Berkeley County : Berkeley is named for Norborne Berkeley ( Baron de Botetourt ) , a colonial governor of Virginia . Boone County : Boone is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone . Braxton County : Braxton is named for Founding Father Carter Braxton . Brooke County : Brooke is named for Governor of Virginia Robert Brooke . Cabell County : Cabell is named for Governor of Virginia William H. Cabell . Calhoun County : Calhoun is named for American statesman John C. Calhoun . Clay County : Clay is named for American statesman Henry Clay . Doddridge County : Doddridge is named for Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge . Fayette County : Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette . Gilmer County : Gilmer is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer . Grant County : Grant is named for U.S. President Ulysses Grant . Greenbrier County : Greenbrier is named for the Greenbrier River . Hampshire County : Hampshire is named for the English county of Hampshire . Hancock County : Hancock is named for Founding Father John Hancock . Hardy County : Hardy is named for Samuel Hardy . Harrison County : Benjamin Harrison is named for Founding Father Benjamin Harrison V . Jackson County : Jackson is named for U.S. President Andrew Jackson . Jefferson County : Jefferson is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson . Kanawha County : Kanawha is named for the Kanawha River . Lewis County : Lewis is named for American Revolutionary War soldier Charles Lewis who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 . Lincoln County : Lincoln is named for U.S. President Abraham Lincoln . Logan County : Logan is named for Mingo Native American leader Chief Logan . Marion County : Marion is named for American Revolutionary War guerrilla leader Francis Marion , aka the Swamp Fox . Marshall County : Marshall is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall . Mason County : Mason is named for Founding Father George Mason McDowell County : McDowell is named for Governor of Virginia James McDowell . Mercer County : Mercer is named for American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer . Mineral County : Mineral is named for the mineral resources found within its borders . Mingo County : Mingo is named for the Mingo Native American people . Monongalia County : Monongalia is named for the Monongahela River . Monroe County : Monroe is named for U.S. President James Monroe . Morgan County : Morgan is named for American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan . Nicholas County : Nicholas is named for Governor of Virginia Wilson Cary Nicholas . Ohio County : Ohio is named for the Ohio River . Pendleton County : Pendleton is named for Virginia judge Edmund Pendleton . Pleasants County : Pleasants is named for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator James Pleasants Pocahontas County : Pocahontas is named for Pocahontas of the Powhatan Native American people . Preston County : Preston is named for Governor of Virginia James Patton Preston . Putnam County : Putnam is named for Israel Putnam . Raleigh County : Raleigh is named for English Renaissance man Sir Walter Raleigh . Randolph County : Randolph is named for U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Virginia Edmund Jennings Randolph . Ritchie County : Ritchie is named for Virginia journalist Thomas Ritchie . Roane County : Roane is named for Virginia judge Spencer Roane . Summers County : Summers is named for Virginia jurist George W. Summers . Taylor County : Taylor is named for John Taylor . Tucker County : Tucker is named for Virginia judge Henry St . George Tucker . Tyler County : Tyler is named for U.S. President John Tyler . Upshur County : Upshur is named for U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Upshur . Wayne County : Wayne is named for Gen . `` Mad '' Anthony Wayne . Webster County : Webster is named for American statesman Daniel Webster . Wetzel County : Wetzel is named for frontierman Lewis Wetzel . Wirt County : Wirt is named for U.S. Attorney General William Wirt . Wood County : Wood is named for Governor of Virginia James Wood . Wyoming County : Wyoming is a Delaware Native American word meaning wide plain . See also West Virginia List of West Virginia counties County ( United States ) Lists of U.S. county name etymologies Source Origins of West Virginia Place Names Categories : West Virginia counties | U.S. county name etymologies | West Virginia lists 