NORTH-CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

'North-Central West Virginia' is a region of the U.S. State of West Virginia. The region's largest city is Morgantown.

Contents

Counties

Cities & Towns

Major Highways

Interstates

U.S.

WV

Population

Counties

★ Monongalia County

★ Marion County

★ Harrison County

★ Taylor County

★ Doddridge County
These counties are sometimes also included into the region depending on who is asked.

★ Barbour County

★ Lewis County

★ Upshur County

★ Preston County
Wetzel County would not be part of the region because not only does the county border Ohio, but also many West Virginians largely consider Wetzel County to be a part of the Northern Panhandle region, even though it does not lie within the actual "Panhandle." [1]

Cities & Towns

★ Morgantown

★ Fairmont

★ Mannington

★ Clarksburg

★ Bridgeport

★ Grafton

★ West Union

★ Kingwood

Major Highways

Interstates

★ Interstate 79

★ Interstate 68

U.S.

★ U.S. Highway 50

★ U.S. Highway 19

★ U.S. Highway 119

★ U.S. Highway 250
=== Appalachian Corridors===

★ Corridor D

★ Corridor E

★ Corridor H

WV

★ West Virginia Route 20

★ West Virginia Route 310

★ West Virginia Route 7

★ West Virginia Route 58

★ West Virginia Route 57

Population

County	2005 (estimate)	2000	1990	1980	1970	1960	1950
'Doddridge'	'7,476'	7,403	6,994	7,433	6,389	6,970	9,026
'Harrison'	'68,369'	68,652	69,371	77,710	73,028	77,856	85,296
'Marion'	'56,509'	56,598	57,249	65,789	61,356	63,717	71,521
'Monongalia'	'84,386'	81,866	75,509	75,024	63,714	55,617	60,797
'Taylor'	'16,291'	16,089	15,144	16,584	13,878	15,010	18,422