NEW RIVER GREENBRIER VALLEY

COUNTIES

• Raleigh
• Fayette
• Wyoming
• Greenbrier
• Summers

CONTINUED COUNTIES

• Monroe
• McDowell
• Mercer

RALEIGH

• Year Founded 1850
• The County Seat Beckley
• 2005 Population 79,167
• Home of the Winding Gulf Coal Region
• Famous for Smokeless Coal

WYOMING

• Founded in the year 1850
• County Seat is in Pineville
• The 2005 Population was 24,479
• Guyandotte River flows though the county
• Home of Castle Rock( located in Pineville )

FAYETTE

• Founded in the year 1831
• County Seat Fayetteville
• 2005 Pop. 46,823
• Home of New River Gorge Bridge
• Famous For Bridge Day

SUMMERS

• Year Founded 1871
• The County Seat Hinton
• 2005 Pop. 13,740
• Home of Pipestem
• Several rivers flowing through the county

GREENBRIER

• Year Founded 1778
• County Seat Lewisburg
• 2005 Population 35,027
• Home to the greenbrier river

MONROE

• County Seat Union
• Year Founded 1779
• 2005 Pop.13,507
• It is the first Monroe County in the US

MCDOWELL

• Founded in 1858
• County Seat Welch
• 2005 Pop. 24,273

MERCER

• Founded 1837
• County Seat Princeston
• 2005 Population 61,589
• Home to Concord University
• Haunted Lake Shawnee Amusement Park