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Hacker's Creek Lewis 1857-1879 Berlin 1891
Hacker's Junction Barbour 1911 P. O. Boylen
Hacker (s) Valley Braxton 1856-1860 Later Webster County 1860
Hackersville Barbour 1855-1886 See Phillippi 1896
Hackersville Lewis 1831-1835    
Hadalton (Haddleton) Boone 1920-1935    
Haddix Tucker 1891-1935    
Haddleton Boone ?        
Hadley Lincoln     (Branchland)
Hadley's Cabell 1875    
Hagans Monongalia 1891    
Hagan's Store Preston 1823-1827    
Hagedorns Mills Monongalia 1864-1884 Former Valley Furnace, Also Louisville. See Guseman's Mills now Dellslow ?
Hager Lincoln 1911    
Hager Boone 1884-1896    
Hager's Mill Lincoln 1911-1920    
Haines Berkeley 1883 ?    
Haines Jackson 1911-1920    
Haines Run Wetzel 1911-1920    
Hainesville Berkeley 1851-1864 Former Beddington 1865-1875; Name Change Beding 1879
Hainesville Hampshire 1878-1895 Also Halcyon
Halbert Lewis        
Halcyon Hampshire     Also Hainesville
Halcyon Logan 1911-1935    
Hale Mingo 1911-1935 Parsley ?
Hales Gap Mercer 1920-1935    
Half Way Greenbrier 1896-1935    
Half way Mine Taylor 1935    
Haildon (Halidon) Summers 1879-1896    
Hall Barbour 1881    
Hall Ritchie ? 1976    
Hall Mill Marion 1933    
Hallburg Clay 1918-1967    
Halleck Monongalia 1882 Smith's
Hallen Wood 1935    
Hallen's Barbour 1868-1870    
Halley Webster 1911-1920    
Halls Ritchie 1911-1935    
Hall's Mills Wetzel 1883    
Hallsville McDowell 1891-1933 Davy 1901
Halltown Jefferson 1837    
Halo Mason 1920 Spilman
Halo Webster 1891    
Halstead Braxton 1918 ?    
Hambleton Grant 1886-98 Henry
Hambleton Tucker 1889-1935 Former Huling's
Hambone Mercer 1907-1920    
Hamill Mineral 1920-1935    
Hamilton Monongalia 1860 ?    
Hamilton Hancock 1875    
Hamilton Fayette 1911    
Hamilton         See Randall 1896
Hamilton Mills         See Nichell's Mills 1896
Hamiltona Roane 1911-1920    
Hamlet Raleigh 1930    
Hamlet Fayette 1920    
Hamlin Cabell 1851 Located in Lincoln 1867; Also Porter's Mills 1894; Lincoln Court
Hammack Roane 1907-1920    
Hammack's Jackson 1853-55    
Hammett Pleasants 1920-1935    
Hammett Siding Pleasants 1911    
Hammond Marion 1907    
Hampden Mingo 1920    
Hampshire Mineral 1911-1935    
Hampshire Club Hampshire 1920-1935    
Hampshire Town Monongalia     Also New Hampshire 1979; Now Blacksville
Hampton Kanawha 1883-1896 Pryor; Later East Bank
Hampton Raleigh 1891-1896 Mercer 1918; Also Pumpkintown ?
Hampton Upshur 1896-1935    
Hampton Junction Upshur 1920-1967    
Hamrics Run Clay 1920-1935    
Hancock Morgan 1896    
Handley Wayne 1920    
Handley Kanawha 1891    
Handley's Cabell 1870-71    
Handy Boone 1883    
Haneytown Marshall 1875 Ohio County; Former West Union; Haneytown Until 1832 ? Dallas 1845
Hanging Rock Hampshire 1819    
Hanging Rock Mills Hardy 1871-1903 Name Changed McCauley
Hanig Harrison 1911-1920    
Hanley's Landing Mason 1882 See Applegrove; Ashton 1896
Hanna Barbour     Boulder 1903; Now Tangoon
Hanna Wood 1907-1935    
Hannah Hardy 1860-1869 Changed Trout Run
Hannahdale Ritchie 1911-1935    
Hannahsville Tucker 1859    
Hannibal Wetzel 1911-1935    
Hannum's Mills Hampshire 1876-77    
Hanover Wyoming 1896    
Hans Creek Monroe 1907-1935    
Hansford Kanawha 1830 Also Clifton and Indian Town
Hansrote Morgan 1911    
Hany Wayne 1911-1935    
Hapgood Kanawha 1935    
Harbert Harrison 1920    
Harbour's Mills Putnam 1870-1879    
Hard Pan Morgan 1875    
Harden's Cove Randolph 1821    
Hardesty Marion 1920-1935    
Hardesty Preston 1907    
Harding Randolph 1833    
Hardman Gilmer 1888 See Glenville 1896
Hardman Lewis 1920-1935    
Hardman Preston 1911-1935    
Hardman Taylor 1920    
Hardwood Webster 1911-1935 See Arcola
Hardy Hardy 1920    
Hardy Mercer 1907 See McKenzie 1935
Harewood Fayette 1898-1935    
Harlan Doddridge ?     Holden ?
Harless Lincoln 1911    
Harless Boone 1920    
Harlin Doddridge 1907    
Harley Roane 1935    
Harman McDowell 1920    
Harman Randolph 1891 Also Harman Town
Harman Town Randolph     Harman
Harmansville Cabell 1837    
Harmonsville Hampshire 1867    
Harmony Jefferson 1933    
Harmony Lewis     Duffy 1886
Harmony Braxton 1933    
Harmony Mason 1868-1879    
Harmony Roane 1907    
Harmony Grove Taylor 1853-1875    
Harmony Grove Monongalia 1976    
Harness Pleasants 1911-1933    
Harold Harrison 1911-1920    
Harper Pendleton 1933    
Harper (Harper's) Greenbrier 1933    
Harper Raleigh 1907    
Harper Randolph 1911-1920    
Harper's Jackson 1896    
Harpers Ferry Berkeley ante 1802 Settled 1732. Became Part of Jefferson County 1801
Harper's Ferry Wood 1896    
Harper's Mills Pendleton 1847 See Salt Lick Bridge ?
Harper's Valley Raleigh 1851-1853    
Harperton Randolph 1907-1920    
Harriet Nicholas 1920-1933    
Harris' Ferry Wood 1868    
Harrison Mineral 1896    
Harrison Clay 1889 Former New Flat Fork
Harrison County Mines Harrison 1896    
Harrisons Mills Mineral     See Antioch
Harrison Mine Taylor 1935    
Harrisonville McDowell P. O. 1879 Now Canebrake
Harrisville Wetzel 1875    
Harrisville Ritchie     Est. as Solus 1822. P. O. Ritchie Court House in 1847. Est. in Wood County
Harry Wayne 1907-1920    
Harry Mine Nicholas 1920    
Hart Kanawha 1896 Green Shoals
Hart Lincoln 1891-1933 Mouth of Big Heart; Green Shoals
Hart Marshall 1911    
Hart Creek Lincoln 1883    
Harter Pocahontas 1907-1935    
Hartford Mason 1899    
Hartford Lewis 1842 Glenville, Gilmer County
Hartford City Mason Est. 1853 Inc. 1868
Hartland Harrison 1920-1935    
Hartland Clay 1918    
Hartley Ritchie 1865 Also Brohard 1927. Wirt ?
Hartley Mine Barbour 1935    
Hartmansville (Hartmonsville) Hampshire 1858 Mineral County 1867- 1935
Hartridge Randolph 1911-1920    
Harts Lincoln 1918    
Harts Branch Clay 1920 Kanawha 1935 ?
Harts Run Greenbrier 1896-1935    
Harts Summit Barbou 1911-1920    
Hartwell McDowell 1918    
Hartzel Wetzel 1920-1935    
Harvey Fayette 1907    
Harvey Raleigh 1891-1900    
Harvey Putnam 1911    
Harvey's Hardy 1833-1835    
Harveytown Cabell 1911-1920    
Harwood (Harewood ?) Fayette 1920-1935    
Haskins Barbour 1920-1935    
Hastings Wetzel 1911    
Hatcher Mercer 1907    
Hatfield Mingo 1898    
Hathaway Calhoun 1907-1933    
Hattie Calhoun 1907    
Havaco McDowell 1918 Jed , Dial Rock
Havana Boone 1907    
Hawesville Preston 1911    
Hawkinsberry Marion 1920-1935    
Hawkings Mason 1896    
Hawkins Mason 1911-1920    
Hawkins Kanawha 1920-1935    
Hawley Fayette 1920-1935    
Hawk's Nest Fayette 1857    
Hawthorn Logan 1891-1896    
Hayes Lewis 1935    
Haymakerstown Mercer 1918 ?    
Hayman's Harrison 1833-1835    
Hayman's Landing Mason     See Mercer's Bottom 1882; Ashton 1896
Haymond's Mills Braxton 1839-1843    
Haymond's Store Braxton 1859-1875    
Haymondsville Upshur     Also Kanawha Head
Haynes Webster 1907-1911    
Hays Tyler 1896    
Haywood Harrison 1907    
Haywood Junction Harrison 1920-1967    
Hazard Forge Hardy 1830-1852 Changed Greenland (Town or P. O. ?)
Hazel Wetzel 1891-1935    
Hazelet         See Mill Run 1882
Hazelgreen Ritchie 1891    
Hazelton Preston 1891    
Hazelwood Randolph 1911    
Hazelwood Webster 1935    
Hazlefield Jefferson 1803    
Hazy Raleigh 1930    
Hazy Creek Raleigh 1935    
Headsville Mineral 1868    
Head Waters Pendleton 1841-1843    
Heater Braxton 1891-1896    
Heaters Braxton 1900    
Heatherman Kanawha 1907-1950    
Heatherton ? 1909    
Heaveners Grove Upshur 1976    
Heavner Upshur 1920    
Hebron Pleasants 1849 Tyler Before 1852
Hebron Lewis 1920-1935    
Hebron Marion 1976    
Heckmer Webster 1911-1920    
Heckert's Mills Gilmer 1853-1855    
Hecla Raleigh 1907-1920    
Hedges Brooke 1911    
Hedgesville Berkeley 1830-1846 Name Change North Mountain. Now Hedgesville.
Hedgeview Logan 1976    
Heeneyville Randolph 1920    
Heil Run Preston 1935    
Heilner Mingo 1920-1935 Lynn
Heister Station ? Greenbrier 1933    
Heizer Putnam 1907    
Heldreth Doddridge 1896-1920    
Helen Raleigh 1920    
Helena McDowell 1892 Clausen. Now Vivian
Helens Run Marion 1920    
Helper Station Taylor 1935    
Helvetia Randolph 1879    
Hemlock Jackson 1859    
Hemlock Fayette 1933    
Hemlock Mercer 1911    
Hemlock Upshur 1891    
Hemlock Hollow Fayette 1911-1935    
Hemphill McDowell 1905    
Henderson Logan 1911    
Henderson Mason 1891    
Henderson Wood 1896-1935    
Hendon Braxton     Morley
Hendricks Tucker 1891 1794?
Henlawson Logan 1911    
Henning Greenbrier 1918    
Henpeck Harrison ?        
Henrie's Fork Gilmer 1850-1859 Roane County 1859
Henrietta McDowell 1920    
Henrietta Calhoun 1891    
Henry Clay     Clay Court House 1882-1920 to 1935.
Henry Grant 1907 Hambleton
Henry Preston 1891-1896    
Henry's Fork Gilmer 1851-1859    
Henry's Fork Calhoun 1883    
Henry's Fork Roane 1870-1879    
Hensley McDowell 1903    
Hensley Heights Logan 1976    
Henson Kanawha 1920    
Hensonville Putnam 1859    
Hepzibah Harrison 1907    
Herbert Wayne 1907 R. R. Named Ardel
Herberton Fayette 1911-1920    
Herdsville Mineral 1875    
Hereford Jackson 1870 Ripley 1935
Hereford's Mason 1830-1868    
Hermione Braxton 1907-1933    
Hern Putnam 1896    
Herndon Wyoming 1900    
Herndon Heights Wyoming 1967    
Hernshaw Kanawha 1898    
Herold Braxton 1896    
Herr Calhoun 1896    
Herring Preston 1891    
Herzog Mingo 1920    
Heskett Kanawha 1911-1920    
Hesper Upshur 1935    
Hessville Harrison 1854-1896    
Hettie Braxton 1888    
Hetzel Logan 1920    
Hevener's Store Pendleton (Highland County ?) 1843-1857 Former Campbell's Store
Hewett Boone 1875    
Hewit Boone 1849-1853    
Hewitt Mercer 1911    
Hewittville Boone 1854-1860 Buffalora
Hewlet Wayne 1911    
Hezron Grant 1886-1894    
Hiawatha Mercer 1907    
Hickman Run (Junction) Marion 1920-1935    
Hickory Mason 1891-1920    
Hickory Camp Fayette 1911-1967    
Hickory Grove Greenbrier 1933    
Hickory Lick Randolph 1935    
Hico Fayette 1907    
Hicumbottom Kanawha 1900    
Higby Roane 1891    
Higgins Monongalia 1920-1935    
Higginsville Hampshire 1907-1935    
Higinsville Hampshire 1850    
Highcoal Boone 1918    
Highland Marion 1911    
Highland Mills Morgan 1849-1851    
Highland Park Randolph 1976    
Highlands Wood     Also Bond's Creek
Highland Station Harrison 1858-1859 Wolf Summit
Highlawns Marion 1920-1935    
Highpoint Randolph 1920-1935    
High Top Kanawha 1922    
High View Hampshire 1860    
Hilbert Wirt 1976    
Hilbert's Ohio 1935    
Hildebrand Monongalia 1920    
Hill Ritchie 1894    
Hill Boone 1884-1920 Change Julian 1911. R. R. Lory
Hillcoal Boone 1967    
Hilldale Summers 1894    
Hilldale Wood 1920-1935    
Hillebert Doddridge 1976    
Hillebert Lewis 1911-1920    
Hills Mill Pocahontas 1883    
Hillsboro (Academy) Pocahontas 1843 See Academy 1896
Hillsborough Tyler 1855    
Hills Crossing Jackson 1920-1935    
Hillsdale Monroe 1883    
Hillside Mercer 1911-1920    
Hilltop Fayette 1907    
Hilton Village Fayette 1976    
Himler Mingo 1920    
Hinch Logan 1891-1894 Mingo 1907
Hinchman Logan 1920    
Hines Greenbrier 1930    
Hinkle Upshur 1907-1935    
Hinkle's Mills Upshur 1879    
Hinkleville Upshur 1879    
Hinton Summers 1871 Includes Avis
Hiorra Preston 1907-1967    
Hiram Taylor 1907    
Hiser Grant 1911    
Hitchcock Mingo 1920-1935    
Hitchman Mine Marshall 1935    
Hite Marion 1920-1967    
Hitop Kanawha 1920    
Hi-Top Fayette 1935    
Hix McDowell 1920-1935    
Hix Summers 1933    
Hoard Monongalia 1907    
Hoard's Rocks         See Stewartstown 1894
Hobbs Jefferson 1894-1935    
Hockman Greenbrier 1828-1839    
Hobson Tucker 1907-1920    
Hodam Roane ?     See Millard 1894
Hodom (Hodam) Webster 1907    
Hodges Cabell 1891    
Hodgesville         See Peck's Run 1882
Hodgesville Upshur 1967    
Hoffman Grant 1920-1935    
Hoffman Hampshire 1920    
Hoffsville Harrison 1825-1843 Name Change Phillippa
Hogg Jackson 1891-1894    
Hogg Putnam 1907-1920    
Hogsett Mason 1891    
Hoke Greenbrier 1907-1920    
Hoke's Mill Greenbrier 1933    
Holbert Hancock 1911    
Holbrook Doddridge 1883 ?    
Holbrook Ritchie 1868    
Holcomb Nicholas 1907    
Holden Logan 1907    
Hollens Barbour 1875    
Holleyhurst Boone 1875    
Holliday Greenbrier 1889-1901    
Holliday's Cove Hancock 1817 Before 1848 Brooke County; Then Weirton ?
Hollingsworth's Ferry Mason 1817-1821    
Holly Braxton 1907-1935 Holly River
Holly Kanawha 1911    
Holly Grove Kanawha 1920    
Holly Grove Upshur 1891    
Hollyhurst Kanawha n/d-1935 ?    
Holly Junction Braxton 1911-1935    
Holly Meadows Tucker 1859-1879 See Saint George 1894
Holly River Braxton 1852-1894 Holly
Hollywood Monroe 1891    
Holman Monongalia 1891-1935    
Holmer Lewis 1894    
Holmes Preston 1911-1967    
Holmes Water Station Preston 1894    
Holstead Braxton 1911-1935    
Holt Logan 1920    
Holt Marion 1933    
Holts Store Wayne 1883    
Holton Morgan 1889 Changed From Berkeley County 1889-1897
Home Braxton 1887-1933    
Home Randolph 1920    
Homeland Lewis 1935-1967    
Homestead Wood 1920-1935    
Homestead Cabell 1911-1935 McCurdy
Hometown Putnam 1967    
Homewood Lewis ?        
Homewood Marion 1920-1935    
Homewood Randolph 1920-1935    
Hominy Falls Nicholas 1891    
Honaker Raleigh prior 1905 Now Coketon; Colcord
Honey Dew Fayette 1918-1935 (Cruickshanks)
Honey Farm Boone 1873-1876    
Hontas Pocahontas 1920-1935    
Hoodsville Marion 1851    
Hoodsville Monongalia 1870-1879    
HooHoo Raleigh 1911-1935    
Hookersville Nicholas 1857    
Hook's Mills Hampshire 1854    
Hoover Braxton 1907-1935    
Hoover's Mills Pendleton     Brandywine
Hooverson Heights Brooke 1967    
Hope Braxton 1889-1920    
Hope Clay 1935    
Hope Marion 1920-1935    
Hopemont Preston 1920    
Hopeville Grant 1868    
Hopeville Gap Grant 1976    
Hopewell Barbour 1933    
Hopewell Marion 1967    
Hopewell Lewis 1967    
Hopewell Preston 1976    
Hopewell Barbour ?        
Hopewell Fayette 1873    
Hopkins Boone 1911    
Hopkins Braxton 1911-1935    
Hopkins Fork Boone 1935    
Hopkins Station Braxton 1933    
Hopper Greenbrier 1911    
Horace Ritchie 1900    
Hornbrook Marshall 1911-1935    
Horn Creek Gilmer 1853-1855    
Hornes Jackson 1935    
Horner Lewis 1891    
Horrock Greenbrier 1911-1935    
Horsecreek Junction Boone 1920-1935    
Horseneck Pleasants 1868    
Horsepen McDowell 1886    
Horsepen ? Mingo 1907 ?    
Horse Shoe Randolph 1823    
Horse Shoe Run Tucker 1891-1911 Lead Mine 1882
Horton Kanawha 1911    
Horton Randolph 1907-1935    
Hosterman Pocahontas 1907 Former Collins
Hotchkiss Raleigh 1907    
Hotcoal Raleigh 1911    
Houchins Pocahontas 1920    
Hoult Marion 1891-1935    
Houltown         See Diamond 1894
Houseman Logan 1920    
House's Mills Barbour 1861-1875    
Hovatter Tucker 1907-1920    
Howard Greenbrier 1894    
Howard Marshall 1891-1935    
Howard Mingo 1920-1935    
Howard Webster 1911-1920    
Howard's Lick Hardy 1852-1874 Former Barbarasville; 1875-1886 Rockland Mills; Mathias 1882-1902
Howell Cabell 1885-1911    
Howell Webster 1911    
Howells Mill Cabell 1933    
Howesville Nicholas 1930    
Howesville Preston 1879    
Hoy Hampshire 1911    
Hoyt Braxton 1920    
Hoyt Roane 1911-1920    
Hoyt Lewis 1935 ?    
Hubball Lincoln 1918    
Hubbard Lewis 1868-1875    
Hubbard Mineral 1911-1935    
Hubbardstown Wayne 1855    
Hubb's Landing Marshall     See Woodlands 1894
Hudnall Kanawha 1918-1950    
Hudson Preston 1891    
Hudson's Kanawha 1811    
Huff Randolph 1894-1920    
Huff Wyoming 1811 ?    
Huff Logan 1920    
Huff Creek Junction Wyoming 1967    
Huff Junction Logan 1920    
Huffco Logan 1935 Davin ? Huffsville ?
Huffman Barbour 1881-1935    
Huff's Creek Logan 1849-1875    
Huffsville Logan 1935-1967    
Huger McDowell 1911-1935    
Hughart Greenbrier 1882    
Hughes Harrison 1920-1967    
Hughes Jackson 1907-1933    
Hughes River Wirt 1911-1935    
Hughestown Nicholas 1918 ?    
Hugheston Kanawha 1907    
Hughey Logan 1918-1935    
Hugo Putnam 1891    
Hulderman Barbour 1878-1894    
Hulings Tucker 1891-1894 Hambleton
Hull McDowell 1911    
Hulls Randolph 1911    
Hull's Store Pendleton 1819-1839 Crab Bottom
Humbird Kanawha 1911-1920    
Humoco Summers 1920    
Hump Mt. Mine Summers 1935    
Humphrey Wood 1911    
Humphreys Barbour 1935    
Humphries Fayette 1935    
Hundred Wetzel 1891 Old Hundred
Hungry Hook Preston 1788-1881 Maple Run. Now Eglon
Hunt Logan 1935    
Hunt Kanawha 1907-1920    
Hunter Mingo 1898    
Hunter's Springs Monroe 1883-1920 Springfield ?
Huntersville Pocahontas 1822 County Seat 1830-1891
Hunting Ground Pendleton 1933    
Huntington Cabell 1871 Inc. 1871 Former Marshall College ? Includes Central City
Hunting (ton) Hills Monongalia 1980    
Huntley Greenbrier 1911-1920    
Huntsville Jackson 1870-1933    
Hur Calhoun 1891    
Hurdman Gilmer 1894    
Hurl Braxton 1935    
Hurricane Putnam 1888 Inc.    
Hurricane Bridge Putnam 1851-1879    
Hurricane Ridge Greenbrier 1850 Became Bingham; Rimmon. P. O. Discontinued
Hurst Lewis 1907    
Hustler Wayne 1907-1920 Lavalette
Hutchinson Logan 1920    
Hutchinson Marion 1907    
Hutchinson's Mill Summers     Elton ?
Hutchison Marion 1920    
Hutson (Huttons?) Randolph 1920    
Huttonsville Randolph 1813    
Hyer (Hyers) Braxton 1891-1935    
Hyzensville Hampshire 1875    

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