Nicholas County

county in West Virginia, United States
Administrative Area County of West Virginia Q283657

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
county of West Virginia, county of Virginia
Inception
January 30, 1818[12]
Native label
Nicholas County

Population and size

Area
1,695
Elevation above sea level
606
Population
25k (25k–26k, n=7)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
More facts +9
Different from
Nicholas County
NCI Thesaurus ID
C110714
Number of households
10,280
Per capita income
22,061
Water as percent of area
1.2
🏷️ Also known as
en Nicholas County, West Virginia en Nicholas County, WV en Nicholas County en Nicholas County, Virginia ar مقاطعة نيكولاس el κομητεία Νίκολας es Condado de Nicholas es Condado de Nicholas (Virginia Occidental) fa شهرستان نیکولاس fi Nicholasin piirikunta fr comté de Nicholas he מדינת ניקולאס hu Nicholas megye it contea di Nicholas ja ニコラス郡 ko 니콜라스군 pl Hrabstwo Nicholas ro Comitatul Nicholas, Virginia de Vest ru Николас tr Nicholas County
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
136029202
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79066480
ArchINFORM location ID
21180
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--75469
E-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID
1670
FIPS 6-4 ID
54067
Freebase ID
/m/0mlgp
GNIS Feature ID
1550040
GeoNames ID
4816620
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
2002284
HASC
US.WV.NI
INaturalist place ID
1003
J9U entity ID
987007564235005171
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.USA.54067
OBO Gazetteer ID
00153292
OpenHistoricalMap relation ID
2794374
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1913192
Our Campaigns container ID
5650
Ringgold ID
99743
Taxonomicon ID
1808359
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10039778
UMLS CUI
C3810603
Who's on First ID
102082623
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJghqmF7kVy43B6CxhqWjC

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Contained subdivisions 12
Shares border with 6
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Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
← Category combines topics 2
Capital 1
Category of associated people 1
Country 1
Different from 1
Located in this place 1
Named after 1
Topic's main category 1
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Summary

Nicholas County is a county of West Virginia[1].

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Physical Characteristics

Nicholas County covers an area of {'amount': '+1695'}[23]. It sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+606'}[24].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabular data series → Data:US presidential elections by county/Nicholas County, We
    "Created claim: Tabular data series: Data:US presidential elections by county/Nicholas County, West Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 26w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OBO Gazetteer ID → 00153292
    UMLS CUI → C3810603
    Taxonomicon ID → 1808359
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31546"
  3. 26w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.nicholascountywv.org
    Inception → January 30, 1818
    Capital → Summersville
    Instance of → county of West Virginia, county of Virginia
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: NCI Thesaurus ID: C110714, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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