West Virginia Directories

Online Resources
West Virginia Online Historical Directories

History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in West Virginia.

Directories Online
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 at Ancestry ($)

The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of West Virginia including:

Charleston

1899-1934, 1940, 1991

Huntington

1891, 1900, 1902-1934, 1991

Wheeling

1837, 1839, 1851, 1867, 1871, 1882-1934

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * WEST VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * WEST VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.