Hancock County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia   Hancock County



County Courthouse

 * Hancock County

P O Box 367

New Cumberland, WV 26047

304-564-3311


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death probate

and land records from 1848


 * Clerk Circuit Clerk has divorce Records

Parent County
1848--Hancock County was created 15 January 1848 from Brooke County. County seat: New Cumberland

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Hancock County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Beaver County, Pennsylvania
 * Brooke
 * Columbiana County, Ohio
 * Jefferson County, Ohio
 * Washington County, Pennsylvania

Census
 

www.familysearch.org/1940census

Societies and Libraries

 * Hancock County Genealogical-Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.