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Pack Raleigh 1911-1920    
Pack's Branch Fayette 1858    
Pack's Ferry Monroe 1841-1879 See Sand Spring
Pack's Ferry Summers P. O. 1866-1924 Before 1875 in Monroe County
Packshill Fayette 1832-1835 Name Change Beaver Creek
Packsville Raleigh 1933    
Pad Roane 1907    
Paddle Wayne 1911-1920    
Paddy Town Boone 1920    
Paddy Creek Clay 1920    
Paddy Town Hampshire 1813-1855 Name Change New Creek Depot 1853 ? Win-Lea; Now Keyser ? In Mineral County
Paden Wetzel 1935    
Paden City Wetzel 1907    
Paden Fork Wetzel ?        
Paden's Island Wetzel ?        
Paden's Valley Wetzel 1891-1920    
Page Fayette 1907    
Pageton McDowell 1907-1911    
Paint Bank Monroe 1883 ?    
Paint Creek Kanawha 1841-1896 Also Lovells
Paint Creek Junction Kanawha 1911-1935    
Painter Taylor 1920    
Painter's Mills Preston 1879-1891    
Paintsville Fayette 1907-1933 Change to Pax ? 1905
Paisley Marion 1935 Also Murray. See Jordan
Palace Valley Upshur 1891    
Palatine Marion 1855-1935    
Palatine Hill Marion 1841-1859 Monongalia County prior 1843
Palatine Junction     1935    
Palatine Mines Marion 1894    
Palermo Lincoln 1907    
Palestine Greenbrier 1839    
Palestine Wirt 1907 Reedy Ripple 1848; Name Change Palestine 1905
Palestine Wirt 1894 See Reedy Ripple
Palestine Junction Marion 1920    
Palmer Braxton 1907-1935    
Palmetto Wayne 1859    
Pan McDowell 1967    
Pancake Hampshire 1920-1935    
Panco Mingo 1935    
Pancoast Clay 1920-1935    
Pando McDowell 1911-1933 Lawrence P. O. 1905
Pando Juverno McDowell 1976    
Pan Handle Brooke 1866-1883 Change to Collier's; See Collier 1896
Pansy Grant 1891 Was Mouse's
Panther McDowell 1895    
Panther Gulch Nicholas 1967    
Paola Doddridge 1908 ?-1935    
Paradise Marion 1920    
Paradise Putnam 1891    
Paragon Kanawha 1911-1920    
Parchment Jackson 1911-1935    
Parchment Valley Jackson 1891 Also Ripley 1882 ?
Parcoal Webster 1930    
Pardee Nicholas 1933    
Pardee Logan 1935    
Paris Brooke 1860 Penn ???
Park Harrison 1933    
Park Taylor 1911-1935    
Parker Marshall 1911    
Parkers Braxton 1920    
Parkers Doddridge 1891-1894    
Parkersburg Wood     Chartered 1820; Also Called Wood County Court House 1805-1819, Newport 1805-1813, and The Point
Parkers's Mills Ritchie 1838-1879 Now Pullman since 1883
Parker's Valley         See Dillon's Run
Parkersville Pleasants 1894 See St. Mary's
Parkview Ohio 1920-1933    
Parkview Taylor 1967    
Parmaco Wood 1920-1935    
Parral Fayette 1907-1920 Changed 1912 Summerlee
Parrish Wood 1976    
Parrish Pleasants 1907-1933    
Parrizade Wayne 1849-1851    
Parsley Mingo 1933 Hale 1935
Parsley McDowell 1967    
Parsley Bottom Mingo 1976    
Parson Hampshire 1911-1920    
Parsons Hampshire 1894    
Parsons Tucker 1891    
Parsons Randolph 1920    
Parson's City Jackson     See Frozen Camp 1891; Also Parson
Pasco Roane 1891-1920    
Patrick Kanawha 1894-1911    
Patsey Roane 1907    
Patterson Mineral 1935    
Patterson Ohio 1911-1920    
Patterson Raleigh 1920    
Patterson Mercer     See Arista
Patterson (s) Creek Mineral 1911    
Patterson's Depot Mineral     In Hampshire County 1843-1903 ? Changed Mineral 1868-1870
Patton Greenbrier 1920    
Patton (s) Monroe 1883-1933    
Paw Paw Marion 1920-1935    
Paw Paw Monongalia 1837-1843 Milford in 1870's
Paw Paw Morgan 1855    
Paw Paw Bottom Cabell 1860    
Paw Paw Station         See Sunflower
Pax Fayette 1905 From Pack's
Paxton Clay 1911    
Paxton Branch Fayette 1920    
Payne Kanawha 1935    
Paynesville McDowell 1901    
Peabody Kanawha 1891-1894    
Peabody Wetzel 1907    
Peach Morgan 1935    
Peach Creek Logan 1911    
Peacher's (Mill) Jefferson 1894-1935    
Peach Siding Morgan 1920    
Peachtree Raleigh 1891-1920    
Peanut Marion 1925-1967    
Peapatch McDowell 1933    
Pear Raleigh 1900    
Pear Grove Doddridge 1854-1858    
Pearl Nicholas 1900-1920    
Pearl Town Harrison 1920    
Pearson Randolph 1920-1935    
Peatt Doddridge ???    
Peck Logan 1907    
Pecks Mill Logan 1911    
Peck's Run Barbour 1851-1863 Changed Into Upshur County 1863; Hodgesville 1882
Pedlar Monongalia 1907-1933    
Pedler Monongalia 1976    
Pedlar's Run Monongalia 1891-1894    
Pedro Monroe 1911    
Peel Kanawha 1911    
Peel Tree Upshur 1883 ?    
Peel Tree Harrison 1840-1851 Barbour County After 1851
Peerless Kanawha 1891-1911    
Peerless Mineral 1920    
Peerysville (Peeryville) McDowell 1858-1900 County Seat 1868-1870; Now English
Peet Randolph 1907-1920    
Peewee Wirt 1879    
Pemberton Raleigh 1891 Former Abney 1894 ?
Pembroke Braxton 1911-1935    
Pen Lincoln 1907-1920    
Penbro Webster 1907-1920    
Pence Springs Summers 1907    
Pencil Logan 1920    
Pendleton Tucker 1891-1911    
Pendleton Court House Pendleton 1811-1827 Also Franklin 1803-1859
Peniel Roane 1891    
Peninsula Ohio 1911-1935    
Penn Brooke 1860 Also Paris ?
Pennbrook Fayette 1905    
Pennbrook (e) Fayette 1911-1960 ?    
Penn Hollow Kanawha 1911    
Penn-Mary Marion 1935    
Pennois Marion 1911-1920    
Pennsboro Ritchie 1821 In Wood County 1844
Penrith Hancock 1891-1935 See Anderson
Pentacre Kanawha 1920    
Pentress Monongalia 1851 Also New Brownsville 1882
Peoria (Peora) Harrison 1911    
Pepper Barbour 1882    
Percyville         See Canebrake 1896
Perdee Fayette 1855-1856    
Perhaps Harrison 1920    
Perkins Gilmer 1907    
Perkins Mills Braxton 1855-1896 See Gillespie's Mills
Perrine Braxton 1920-1935    
Perry Harrison 1935    
Perry Hardy 1888    
Perryville Kanawha     Earlier Name of Cinco 1920
Perryville McDowell     Now English; See Peeryville
Perryville McDowell 1867-1894 Mouth of Panther Creek
Persinger Nicholas 1891    
Peru Hardy 1858    
Peter Cave Fork Boone 1920    
Peters Barbour 1881-1885    
Petersburg Grant     Settled 1745 ? Former Luney's Springs in Hardy County; Also Luney's Creek
Petersburgh Berkeley 1891 See Baxter
Peters Creek Nicholas     See Winston 1894
Peterson Lewis 1911    
Peterson Bottom Ohio 1933    
Peterson Siding Lewis 1894    
Peterstown Monroe 1803 Settled After Revolutionary War; Also Lowell Station
Petroleum Ritchie 1859 Also Rogers in 1866 Back to Petroleum 1879
Pettit Monroe 1920    
Pettit Randolph 1891-1935    
Pettit Heights Brooke 1976    
Pettry Mercer 1911    
Pettry Bottom Raleigh 1986    
Pettus Raleigh 1920    
Pettyjohn Monongalia     Became Johntown, Gaston Junction; Now Fairmont in Marion County
Pettyville Wood 1967    
Peytona Boone 1849    
Pharoah Wayne 1907-1920    
Phico Logan 1930    
Philadelphia Marion 1920-1935    
Philippi Barbour 1843 Former Hoffsville in Harrison County (town of P. O. ?)
Philippi Kanawha     Now St. Albans
Phillippa Harrison 1841-1843 Changed Into Barbour County. Later Hoffsville
Philippi Barbour     Former Anglins Ford & Booth's Ferry
Phillippi Barbour 1896 Also Hackersville
Philoah Putnam 1891-1935    
Phillips Raleigh 1935    
Phonixville (Phenixville?) Morgan 1894 See Omps
Piatt Kanawha 1911-1950 ?    
Pickaway Monroe 1849 Also Pickawah Plains
Pickens Randolph 1891    
Pickle Street Lewis 1967    
Pickshin Raleigh 1918    
Pie Mingo 1933    
Piedmont Mercer 1976    
Piedmont Mineral 1837 Former Mount Carbon in Hampshire County. Into Mineral County 1866 ?
Pierce Tucker 1918 Mineral ?
Pierceton Marion 1855    
Piercy Jackson 1911-1920    
Piercy's Mills Greenbrier 1933    
Piermont Wyoming 1967    
Pierpoint Wyoming 1976    
Pierpoint Monongalia 1976    
Pierson Clay 1920    
Pigeon Roane 1891    
Pigeon Clay     Changed Into Roane County 1884
Pigeon Trace Ritchie 1907    
Pike Ritchie 1907    
Pike City         See Buffalo 1894
Pikeside Berkeley 1924 At Big Springs ??
Pinch Kanawha 1911    
Pinchton Kanawha 1911-1920    
Pine Creek Gilmer 1853-1859 Former Bethlehem 1853 ??
Pine Bluff Harrison 1899    
Pine Creek Logan 1935    
Pine Creek Calhoun 1841-1843 Lewis County, before 1860 in Gilmer; Name Change Sycamore, Bethlehem ? 1872-1875; 1879 Last Entry; Name Change Grantsville
Pine Creek Junction Logan 1920    
Pine Flats Pocahontas 1920    
Pine Grove Fayette 1933    
Pine Grove Tyler 1830-1843    
Pine Grove Wetzel 1831 In Tyler ante 1847
Pine Grove Marion 1935    
Pine Grove Church Pleasants 1976    
Pinehurst Mineral 1920    
Pineknob Raleigh 1918    
Pinepoca Raleigh 1920-1935    
Pineville Wyoming 1891    
Piney Harrison 1918    
Piney Wetzel 1907    
Piney Fork Wetzel ?        
Piney Grove Kanawha 1883 ?? Monroe 1883 ?
Piney View Raleigh 1967    
Pingley Randolph 1911-1920    
Pinhook Lewis     Previous Millville Became Crawford
Pink Calhoun 1885    
Pinnacle Wyoming 1891-1894    
Pinnickinick Mines Harrison 1894    
Pinoak Mercer 1891    
Pinto Mineral 1920-1935    
Pioneer Marshall 1894-1920    
Pipe Stem Mercer 1849-1868    
Pipestem Summers 1880    
Piper's Mills Upshur 1867    
Piro Fayette 1907-1920    
Pisgah Preston 1891    
Pitt Branch Logan 1918-1935    
Pittman Fayette 1907    
Placid Wood 1935    
Plainfield Marshall 1920-1935    
Plainfield Berkeley 1883    
Pleasant Creek Berkeley 1883    
Pleasant Creek Taylor 1849-1868    
Pleasant Dale Hampshire 1848    
Pleasantdale Preston 1920    
Pleasant Flats Wirt 1861 ?    
Pleasant Flats         See Machirville Pleasant Flat 1841-1843, Mason 1841-1857
Pleasant Hill Fayette 1851 P. O. Lookout, DeKalb & Locust Lane 1851-1869
Pleasant Hill Wood 1883 ? Later Deer Walk
Pleasant Hill Preston 1870-1920    
Pleasant Hill Calhoun 1976    
Pleasant Hill Jackson 1976    
Pleasant Mills Tyler 1865    
Pleasant Point Marion 1920-1935    
Pleasant Retreat Clay 1871-1902 Changed to Bomont ?
Pleasant Run Tucker 1859    
Pleasant Vale Wetzel 1857    
Pleasant Valley Wood 1883    
Pleasant Valley Hancock 1976    
Pleasant Valley Marion 1933    
Pleasant Valley Preston 1976    
Pleasant Valley Pleasants 1894    
Pleasant Valley Ohio 1911-1935    
Pleasant Valley Marshall     In Monongalia 1868-1879 See Beler's Station (Beelers) 1882
Pleasant View Jackson 1841    
Pleasant View Lincoln 1976    
Pleasants Pleasants 1907    
Pleasantville Monongalia     Surveyed & Mapped in1776; Marion 1894-1935
Pliny Putnam 1851    
Plum Tyler 1907    
Plum Orchard Jackson 1907-1935    
Plum Orchard Fayette 1911    
Plus Kanawha 1918-1935    
Pluto Raleigh 1907    
Plymouth Putnam 1891    
Poca Putnam 1891 Mouth of Poca
Pocahontas Putnam 1930-1939    
Pocataligo (Pocatalico) Kanawha 1829    
Poe Nicholas 1907    
Pohick Wood 1911    
Point Webster     Earlier Name for Cleveland prior 1894
Point Lick Kanawha 1920 Also Rensford
Point Lookout Pleasants 1976    
Point Mills Ohio 1894-1967    
Point Mountain Randolph 1879-1896    
Point Pleasant Mason     Chartered 1794 Prior Fort Randolph Then in Kanawha County
Point Pleasant Tyler     See Kidwell
Points Hampshire 1907    
Polandale Wood 1891-1920    
Polard Tyler 1907    
Polemic Braxton 1918-1935    
Poling Webster 1920    
Polk (s) Jackson 1911-1935    
Polk Gap Wyoming 1935-1967    
Polsley's Marion 1821-1843 Monongalia 1830; Middletown 1835; Later Fairmont
Polsley's Mills Boone 1907-1935 Also Pondco
Pondco Boone 1976    
Pond Creek Jackson 1920    
Pond Creek Mingo 1920    
Pond Creek Wood 1859    
Pond Fork Kanawha 1920-1950 ?    
Pond Gap Kanawha 1891    
Pond Junction Boone 1935    
Pond Lick Mason 1907    
Pool Nicholas 1891    
Pool Rocks Monongalia 1911-1920    
Pooz ? Harrison 1933    
Poplar Logan 1891-1920    
Poplar Webster 1911-1920    
Poplar Creek Junction Mingo 1920    
Poplar Spring Marshall 1851-1860 Rock Lick
Poppa Wayne 1891-1920    
Port Amherst Kanawha 1950    
Porter (Porters) Clay 1907    
Porter Tucker 1894    
Porter's Falls Wetzel 1847 (Morgantown 1818 ??)
Porter's Mills Lincoln 1894 See Hamlin
Portersville Lincoln 1883    
Porterwood Tucker 1907    
Porterland Jackson 1911-1933 Also See Run
Portland Preston 1860-1879 Former Cranberry Summit
Porto Rico Doddridge 1976    
Posey Raleigh 1907    
Post Mill (s) Upshur 1911    
Poston (Roston ?) Boone 1933    
Postsville Jackson 1841-1843    
Potomac Ohio 1879    
Potomac Berkeley 1935    
Potomac Manor Mineral 1918    
Potter Tucker 1894    
Powder Mercer 1920    
Powell Marion 1911    
Powell Creek Boone 1911-1967 Also Coal Bloom
Powell's Marion 1891-1894    
Powellton Fayette 1886    
Powees (Powers ?) Wood 1907-1920    
Power Brooke 1933 Former Bebot ?
Powers Fort Harrison     Became Bridgeport
Powhatan McDowell 1889    
Powhatan Marshall 1894-1911    
Powntown Monongalia     See Jake's Run 1894
Poynette Pleasants 1907-1935    
Prairietown Cabell 1976    
Pratt Roane 1891-1894    
Pratt Kanawha     Incorporated 1905 Former Clifton & Dego
Premier McDowell 1911    
Prendergast Mingo 1907-1920    
Prenter Boone 1930    
Prentiss Monongalia 1860 Same as Pentress ?? New Brownsville ?
Pressed Prism Monongalia 1935    
Preston Lewis 1819 Re-Named Fleshersville; Then Weston
Preston Harrison 1817-1822    
Preston Preston 1920    
Preston Wayne 1907-1920    
Preston Tannery Preston 1879    
Prestonia Webster 1907-1920    
Prestonia Braxton 1935    
Pribble's Mills Wood 1841-1849    
Price Logan 1920    
Price Monongalia 1920    
Price Hill (Junction) Fayette ? 1920-1935    
Price Hill Boone 1967    
Price Hill Raleigh 1911    
Price's Shop         See Monroe Draft
Pricetown Lewis 1935    
Pricetown Wetzel 1920    
Prichard Marion 1920    
Prichard Wayne 1911 Turman's Ferry Cabell County 1839
Prickett Marion 1920-1935    
Prickett Creek Junction Monongalia 1920    
Pride Mercer 1907-1920    
Pridevale Monongalia 1855-1859    
Priestly Lincoln 1907    
Prince Raleigh 1898-1939    
Prince Fayette 1889 Former McGinnis
Princeton Mercer     Inc. 1837
Princetown Lewis 1967    
Princetown Wetzel 1967    
Princewick Raleigh 1920    
Pringle Upshur 1920    
Pringle's Mill Upshur     See Alton
Pritchard Ritchie 1911-1920    
Pritchard's Mills Doddridge 1857-1858 Name Change Smithton, Smithburg ?
Procious Clay 1884    
Proctor Wetzel 1849 Forks of Proctor
Profitt McDowell 1935    
Progress Braxton 1887-1935    
Propst Neighborhood Pendleton     Now Dahmer
Prospect Valley Harrison 1856    
Prosperity Raleigh 1891    
Prosperity Mine Raleigh 1920    
Prosperity Station Raleigh 1911    
Providence Jackson 1891-1920    
Prudence Fayette 1907    
Pruitt Pleasants 1911-1935    
Prunty Ritchie 1911    
Pruntytown Taylor 1812 In Harrison ante 1845 Sometimes Called Williamsport; Was First Crossroads
Pryor Kanawha     Also Hampton; Now East Bank
Ptowak ? Kanawha 1933    
Pufflick ? Kanawha 1933    
Pugh Webster 1891    
Pullman Ritchie 1883 Former Parkers Mill 1838
Pump Spur Kanawha 1920    
Pumpkintown Raleigh 1891 Name Change Hampton
Pumpkintown Randolph 1967    
Puncheon Camp Kanawha 1920    
Purdy Calhoun 1907    
Purgittsville Hampshire 1851-1856 Changed Taylor; 1889 Changed Hampshire 1933
Purinton Preston 1859    
Puritan (Mines) Mingo 1930    
Pursglove Monongalia 1930    
Pursley Tyler 1870    
Push Doddridge 1907-1911    
Putnam Putnam 1911-1935    
Putnam Court House         See Winfield 1894
Putney Kanawha 1907    

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