Counties in West Virginia by land in farms

Greenbrier County had the highest land in farms of 55 counties in 2012, at 190,178 acres. Logan County had the lowest, at 831 acres. The median was 57,989 acres and the figure for West Virginia was 3,606,674 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Highest190,178Greenbrier County
Lowest831Logan County
Median57,98955 counties
West Virginia3,606,674History

Map of counties, 2012

Barbour County: 84,748 acresBerkeley County: 70,089 acresBoone County: 2,232 acresBraxton County: 88,911 acresBrooke County: 14,707 acresCabell County: 42,450 acresCalhoun County: 49,457 acresClay County: 20,073 acresDoddridge County: 65,364 acresFayette County: 23,163 acresGilmer County: 70,393 acresGrant County: 112,365 acresGreenbrier County: 190,178 acresHampshire County: 142,075 acresHancock County: 8,887 acresHardy County: 155,316 acresHarrison County: 117,029 acresJackson County: 104,742 acresJefferson County: 66,965 acresKanawha County: 26,009 acresLewis County: 82,460 acresLincoln County: 25,657 acresLogan County: 831 acresMcDowell County: 1,041 acresMarion County: 53,355 acresMarshall County: 85,966 acresMason County: 138,812 acresMercer County: 51,791 acresMineral County: 76,184 acresMingo County: 2,030 acresMonongalia County: 57,989 acresMonroe County: 144,630 acresMorgan County: 18,386 acresNicholas County: 58,093 acresOhio County: 30,079 acresPendleton County: 170,120 acresPleasants County: 21,498 acresPocahontas County: 118,464 acresPreston County: 160,704 acresPutnam County: 60,001 acresRaleigh County: 36,864 acresRandolph County: 94,151 acresRitchie County: 88,778 acresRoane County: 110,868 acresSummers County: 57,962 acresTaylor County: 49,114 acresTucker County: 33,957 acresTyler County: 48,206 acresUpshur County: 68,451 acresWayne County: 30,220 acresWebster County: 7,928 acresWetzel County: 38,103 acresWirt County: 38,011 acresWood County: 87,848 acresWyoming County: 2,969 acres
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acres, 2012. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2012

Greenbrier County: 190,178 acresGreenbrier County190,178Pendleton County: 170,120 acresPendleton County170,120Preston County: 160,704 acresPreston County160,704Hardy County: 155,316 acresHardy County155,316Monroe County: 144,630 acresMonroe County144,630Hampshire County: 142,075 acresHampshire County142,075Mason County: 138,812 acresMason County138,812Pocahontas County: 118,464 acresPocahontas County118,464Harrison County: 117,029 acresHarrison County117,029Grant County: 112,365 acresGrant County112,365Roane County: 110,868 acresRoane County110,868Jackson County: 104,742 acresJackson County104,742Randolph County: 94,151 acresRandolph County94,151Braxton County: 88,911 acresBraxton County88,911Ritchie County: 88,778 acresRitchie County88,778Wood County: 87,848 acresWood County87,848Marshall County: 85,966 acresMarshall County85,966Barbour County: 84,748 acresBarbour County84,748Lewis County: 82,460 acresLewis County82,460Mineral County: 76,184 acresMineral County76,184Gilmer County: 70,393 acresGilmer County70,393Berkeley County: 70,089 acresBerkeley County70,089Upshur County: 68,451 acresUpshur County68,451Jefferson County: 66,965 acresJefferson County66,965Doddridge County: 65,364 acresDoddridge County65,364Putnam County: 60,001 acresPutnam County60,001Nicholas County: 58,093 acresNicholas County58,093Monongalia County: 57,989 acresMonongalia County57,989Summers County: 57,962 acresSummers County57,962Marion County: 53,355 acresMarion County53,355Mercer County: 51,791 acresMercer County51,791Calhoun County: 49,457 acresCalhoun County49,457Taylor County: 49,114 acresTaylor County49,114Tyler County: 48,206 acresTyler County48,206Cabell County: 42,450 acresCabell County42,450Wetzel County: 38,103 acresWetzel County38,103Wirt County: 38,011 acresWirt County38,011Raleigh County: 36,864 acresRaleigh County36,864Tucker County: 33,957 acresTucker County33,957Wayne County: 30,220 acresWayne County30,220Ohio County: 30,079 acresOhio County30,079Kanawha County: 26,009 acresKanawha County26,009Lincoln County: 25,657 acresLincoln County25,657Fayette County: 23,163 acresFayette County23,163Pleasants County: 21,498 acresPleasants County21,498Clay County: 20,073 acresClay County20,073Morgan County: 18,386 acresMorgan County18,386Brooke County: 14,707 acresBrooke County14,707Hancock County: 8,887 acresHancock County8,887Webster County: 7,928 acresWebster County7,928Wyoming County: 2,969 acresWyoming County2,969Boone County: 2,232 acresBoone County2,232Mingo County: 2,030 acresMingo County2,030McDowell County: 1,041 acresMcDowell County1,041Logan County: 831 acresLogan County831Greenbrier County: 190,178 acresGreenbrier County190,178Pendleton County: 170,120 acresPendleton County170,120Preston County: 160,704 acresPreston County160,704Hardy County: 155,316 acresHardy County155,316Monroe County: 144,630 acresMonroe County144,630Hampshire County: 142,075 acresHampshire County142,075Mason County: 138,812 acresMason County138,812Pocahontas County: 118,464 acresPocahontas County118,464Harrison County: 117,029 acresHarrison County117,029Grant County: 112,365 acresGrant County112,365Roane County: 110,868 acresRoane County110,868Jackson County: 104,742 acresJackson County104,742Randolph County: 94,151 acresRandolph County94,151Braxton County: 88,911 acresBraxton County88,911Ritchie County: 88,778 acresRitchie County88,778Wood County: 87,848 acresWood County87,848Marshall County: 85,966 acresMarshall County85,966Barbour County: 84,748 acresBarbour County84,748Lewis County: 82,460 acresLewis County82,460Mineral County: 76,184 acresMineral County76,184Gilmer County: 70,393 acresGilmer County70,393Berkeley County: 70,089 acresBerkeley County70,089Upshur County: 68,451 acresUpshur County68,451Jefferson County: 66,965 acresJefferson County66,965Doddridge County: 65,364 acresDoddridge County65,364Putnam County: 60,001 acresPutnam County60,001Nicholas County: 58,093 acresNicholas County58,093Monongalia County: 57,989 acresMonongalia County57,989Summers County: 57,962 acresSummers County57,962Marion County: 53,355 acresMarion County53,355Mercer County: 51,791 acresMercer County51,791Calhoun County: 49,457 acresCalhoun County49,457Taylor County: 49,114 acresTaylor County49,114Tyler County: 48,206 acresTyler County48,206Cabell County: 42,450 acresCabell County42,450Wetzel County: 38,103 acresWetzel County38,103Wirt County: 38,011 acresWirt County38,011Raleigh County: 36,864 acresRaleigh County36,864Tucker County: 33,957 acresTucker County33,957Wayne County: 30,220 acresWayne County30,220Ohio County: 30,079 acresOhio County30,079Kanawha County: 26,009 acresKanawha County26,009Lincoln County: 25,657 acresLincoln County25,657Fayette County: 23,163 acresFayette County23,163Pleasants County: 21,498 acresPleasants County21,498Clay County: 20,073 acresClay County20,073Morgan County: 18,386 acresMorgan County18,386Brooke County: 14,707 acresBrooke County14,707Hancock County: 8,887 acresHancock County8,887Webster County: 7,928 acresWebster County7,928Wyoming County: 2,969 acresWyoming County2,969Boone County: 2,232 acresBoone County2,232Mingo County: 2,030 acresMingo County2,030McDowell County: 1,041 acresMcDowell County1,041Logan County: 831 acresLogan County831
acres. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Greenbrier County, with 190,178 acres in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Logan County, with 831 acres in 2012.

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