Welcome to Monongalia County WV History and Genealogy Presented by West Virginia Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for you. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists West Virginia is covered under our "Northeastern States" mailing list. Formed in 1776, the county takes its name from the Monongahela River. The name Monongalia is commonly believed to be a misspelling of Monongahela, while others suggest that Monongalia simply means "Land of the Monongahela", as in Arabia, Bolivia or Columbia. The true origin is unknown. The county seat is at Morgantown Cities * Morgantown * Westover Towns * Blacksville * Granville * Star City Census-designated places * Brookhaven * Cassville * Cheat Lake Other Unincorporated Communities * Arnettsville * Baker Ridge * Behler * Bertha Hill * Booth * Bowlby * Brewer Hill * Browns Chapel * Bula * Canyon * Cheat Neck * Chestnut Ridge * Clinton Furnace * Core * Crossroads * Crown * Daybrook * Dellslow * Delmar * Easton * Edna * Everettsville * Fieldcrest * Flaggy Meadow * Fort Grand * Fort Martin * Georgetown * Greer * Greystone * Gum Spring * Hagans * Halleck * Harmony Grove * Hilderbrand * Hoard * Hog Eye * Holman * Hunting Hills * Jaco * Jakes Run * Jere * Kimberly * Klondike * Laurel Point * Little Falls * Lowsville * Macdale * Maidsville * Maple * McCurdyville * McMellin * Miracle Run * Mooresville * Morgan Heights * National * New Hill * Opekiska * Osage * Osgood * Pedlar * Pentress * Pierpont * Pioneer Rocks * Price * Price Hill * Pursglove * Ragtown * Randall * Richard * Ridgedale * Ringgold * Rock Forge * Rosedale * Sabraton * Saint Cloud * Saint Leo * Sandy * Smithtown * Stewartstown * Suncrest Lake * Sunset Beach * Sturgisson * The Mileground * Triune * Tyrone * Uffington * Van Voorhis * Wadestown * Wana * West Sabraton * West Van Voorhis * Worley MONONGALIA COUNTY ONLINE DATA Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Histories Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Probate Records  Website Updates: Feb 2012: Hon. William G. brown Biography, Hon. John bassel Biography, Judge Alpheus F. Haymond Biography; Judge Samuel Woods, A.M. LL.D. Biography Jan 2012: John M, Baker, LL. B. Biography, Linn Family Biography, Jacob Jones Biography Dec 2011: Hon. Waitman T. Willey, LL.B. Biuography Sep 2011:  Downs Family Biography; Shuman Family Biography; Stephen Morgan Family Biography; Morgan Family Biography Aug 2011: Rightmire Family Biography Jul 2011: John Henry Robinson Biography; Hogg Family Biography Jun 2011: County history Apr 2011: Cox and Glascock Family biographyies Surrounding Counties Greene County, Pennsylvania (north) Marion County (south) Fayette County, Pennsylvania (northeast) Preston County (east) Wetzel County (west) Taylor County (southeast) Back to WV Genealogy Trails Back to Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.