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Lincoln County, West Virginia

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2historic places

—earliest paper

1867formed

20,463pop. 2020

200cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Alum Creek, Hamlin.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Holley Hills Estate	Alum Creek	Building	1980
Lincoln National Bank	Hamlin	Building	2015

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lincoln was formed in 1867 (1867-02-23) from Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam.

LINCOLN created from BOONE, CABELL, KANAWHA and PUTNAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lincoln County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,053	8,739	15,434	19,378	22,886	22,466	20,267	23,675	22,108	20,463

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

200 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 200 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adkins Cemetery	38.0276	-82.11763
Adkins Cemetery	38.03232	-82.12875
Adkins Cemetery	38.03398	-82.17875
Adkins Cemetery	38.07676	-82.0743
Adkins Cemetery	38.11759	-82.16708
Adkins Cemetery	38.1437	-82.23681
Adkins Cemetery	38.16438	-82.19184
Adkins Cemetery	38.1905	-82.0959
Adkins Cemetery	38.20876	-82.06605
Adkins Cemetery	38.21092	-82.18912
Adkins Cemetery	38.2343	-82.25663
Albright Cemetery	38.17936	-82.26199
Anderson Cemetery	38.22932	-81.83233
Arnold Cemetery	38.11982	-82.11541
Baker Cemetery	38.12092	-82.18486
Barker Cemetery	38.10732	-82.00763
Barrett Cemetery	38.23925	-82.01068
Bays Cemetery	38.24268	-81.94303
Bear Branch Cemetery	38.12426	-82.0218
Bear Knob Cemetery	38.15932	-82.23089
Beckelheimer Cemetery	38.19199	-82.26137
Beech Grove Cemetery	38.20275	-81.91672
Bell Cemetery	38.01871	-82.03957
Bell Cemetery	38.22107	-81.93923
Bias Cemetery	38.03177	-82.0168
Bias Cemetery	38.30702	-82.19235
Bishop Cemetery	38.08093	-82.08652
Black Cemetery	38.23129	-82.09269
Black Cemetery	38.23531	-81.96786
Brewster Cemetery	38.12148	-82.14041
Browning Cemetery	38.02037	-82.13791
Browning Gap Cemetery	38.2723	-82.2475
Brumfield Cemetery	38.00926	-82.13236
Brumfield Cemetery	38.02982	-82.13236
Brumfield Cemetery	38.03787	-82.14208
Brumfield Cemetery	38.13121	-81.98957
Bulger Cemetery	38.13482	-81.98124
Burks Cemetery	38.21637	-82.17744
Calloway Cemetery	38.17788	-82.05283
Cartwright Cemetery	38.21555	-82.15903
Chaney Cemetery	38.22786	-82.13708
Chapman Cemetery	38.02871	-81.92735
Chapman Cemetery	38.22961	-82.20441
Coal Branch Church Cemetery	38.0087	-82.1345
Cummings Cemetery	38.17537	-82.05987
Curry Cemetery	38.00676	-82.14819
Dalton Cemetery	38.01371	-82.18514
Davidson Cemetery	38.14898	-82.27792
DeHaven Cemetery	38.06954	-82.08347
Dean Cemetery	38.09926	-82.20931
Dial Cemetery	38.20314	-82.22319
Dial Cemetery	38.20602	-82.23082
Dial Cemetery	38.20992	-82.226
Dotson Cemetery	38.13149	-81.99624
Duty Cemetery	38.02704	-82.01735
Duty Cemetery	38.0301	-82.00346
Edwards Cemetery	38.23001	-82.12702
Egnor Cemetery	38.14176	-81.99291
Egnor Cemetery	38.1908	-81.97088
Egnor Cemetery	38.20761	-81.9933
Elkins Cemetery	38.11398	-82.05763
Elkins Cemetery	38.18064	-82.01102
Elkins Cemetery	38.18173	-82.0235
Ferrell Cemetery	38.03538	-82.05208
Ferrellsburg Cemetery	38.02589	-82.10566
Flowers Cemetery	38.21845	-82.15291
Forks of Coal Memorial Park	38.28735	-81.81023
Franklin Cemetery	38.23328	-82.18334
Frye Cemetery	38.0401	-82.04402
Frye Cemetery	38.05565	-82.17042
Frye Cemetery	38.0751	-82.06069
Fulks Cemetery	38.13315	-82.18014
Goldsberry Cemetery	38.1803	-82.07252
Goode Cemetery	38.24415	-82.01563
Griffith Cemetery	38.13093	-81.9593
Griffith Cemetery	38.21815	-81.9684
Griffith Cemetery	38.22211	-81.95254
Hager Cemetery	38.11898	-82.09819
Hager Cemetery	38.13093	-81.97457
Hager Cemetery	38.16703	-82.14625

Historical populated places — 9 of 9

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen	38.1226	-82.07541
Bernie	38.18037	-82.0118
Bolin	38.10398	-82.14375
East	38.21954	-81.93596
Eden Park	38.05843	-82.14597
Fourteen	38.06676	-82.18931
Kinder	38.16815	-82.14458
Lattin	38.09537	-82.13541
Spears	38.12232	-82.11569

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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