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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1607 (as part of Virginia)

STATEHOOD
1863

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
1624–25, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 (1700s censuses are partial; as part of Virginia)

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1810 (partial; as part of Virginia)

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1917

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1964

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
West Virginia Department of Health
Health Statistics Center
Room 165
350 Capitol St.
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-9100