West Virginia Census Records Online includes Federal and State censuses. Census records (especially when indexed) are one of the easiest ways to find family members and track individuals over their lifetime.
US Census Records
In the United States, federal censuses are taken every 10 years and these records are made public 72 after the census is taken. US Censuses began in 1790 and the most recent census available is the 1950 census. Most of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire, but parts remain and you can use other records as census substitutes.
HINT: You can look at federal (1870-1920) census records to see if your ancestor was naturalized and if they were, visit West Virginia Naturalization Records online.
HINT: Between 1790 and 1840, only the head of household is named in the census.
HINT: Between 1850 and present, all people living in a household are named in the census.
HINT: Between 1850 and 1880 there are census mortality schedules listing who died in the year before the census was taken.
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US level Census Records
US – 1810 – United States Census, 1810, at FS, index & images
US – 1810 – 1810 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1820 – United States Census, 1820, at FS, index & images
US – 1820 – 1820 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1830 – United States Census, 1830, at FS, index & images
US – 1830 – 1830 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1840 – United States Census, 1840, at FS, index & images
US – 1840 – 1840 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1848 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – United States Census, 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1850 – United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census (Mortality Schedule), at MH-$
US – 1850 – United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census (Slave Schedule), at MH-$
US – 1860 – United States Census, 1860, at FS, index & images
US – 1860 – 1860 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1870 – United States Census, 1870, at FS, index & images
US – 1870 – 1870 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1880 – United States Census, 1880, at FS, index & images
US – 1880 – 1880 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1885 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, at FS, index & links to images
US – 1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, at FS, index & images
US – 1890 – United States Census, 1890, at FS, index & images
US – 1890 – 1890 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1900 – United States Census, 1900, at FS, index & images
US – 1900 – 1900 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1908 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, at FS, index & links to images
US – 1910 – United States Census, 1910, at FS, index & images
US – 1910 – 1910 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1920 – United States Census, 1920, at FS, index & images
US – 1920 – 1920 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1930 – United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, at FS, index & images
US – 1930 – 1930 United States Census of Merchant Seamen, at MH-$
US – 1930 – United States Census, 1930, at FS, index & images
US – 1930 – 1930 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1940 – United States Census, 1940, at FS, index & images
US – 1940 – 1940 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1950 – United States Census, 1950, at FS, index & images
West Virginia Census Records online at the state level
West Virginia – 1848 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
West Virginia – 1850 – Mortality schedules for Virginia counties now in West Virginia, 1850-1880, images only
West Virginia – 1850 – On our cover: [West Virginia population figures, 1950], images only
West Virginia – 1870 – West Virginia, 1870 federal census: population schedules, images only
West Virginia – 1880 – West Virginia, 1880 federal census: soundex and population schedules, images only
West Virginia – 1900 – West Virginia, 1900 federal census: soundex and population schedules, images only
West Virginia – 1910 – West Virginia, 1910 federal census: population schedules, images only
West Virginia – 1920 – West Virginia, 1920 federal census: soundex and population schedules, images only
West Virginia – 1930 – West Virginia, 1930 federal census: soundex and population schedules ; NARA microfilm publications T626 and M2060, images only
West Virginia – 1940 – West Virginia, 1940 population census: population schedules, images only
West Virginia Census Records online at the county level
Barbour County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Barbour and Taylor Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850, at FS
Braxton County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census of Braxton County, West Virginia, at FS
Braxton County – Census – 1900 – Braxton County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Calhoun County – Census – 1860 – Census Returns of Doddridge, Ritchie and Gilmer Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850 and Calhoun County (West) Virginia for 1860, at FS
Calhoun County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census, Calhoun County, West Virginia, at FS
Calhoun County – Census – 1900 – Calhoun County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Clay County – Census – 1900 – Clay County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Doddridge County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Doddridge, Ritchie and Gilmer Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850 and Calhoun County (West) Virginia for 1860, at FS
Doddridge County – Census – 1900 – Doddridge County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Fayette County – Census – 1880 – Census Records, 1880, of Fayette County, West Virginia, at FS
Gilmer County – Cemeteries – A Census of Cemeteries, Center District, Gilmer County, West Virginia, at FS
Gilmer County – Cemeteries – A Census of Cemeteries, Troy District, Gilmer County, West Virginia, at FS
Gilmer County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Gilmer County, West Virginia, at FS
Gilmer County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Doddridge, Ritchie and Gilmer Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850 and Calhoun County (West) Virginia for 1860, at FS
Gilmer County – Census – 1900 – Gilmer County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Grant County – Census – 1900 – Grant County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Grant County – Census – 1900 – Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 Population, Grant County, West Virginia, at FS
Greenbrier County – Census – 1850 – Greenbrier County, Virginia, Now West Virginia, 1850 Census, at FS
Greenbrier County – Census – 1850 – Greenbrier, County Virginia 1850 Census, at FS
Hampshire County – Census – 1850 – [An 1850 Census for Hampshire County, Virginia] : [John Largent Family], at FS
Hampshire County – Census – 1782 – Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia, Now West Virginia : Including at the Start Most of Known Va. Aside from Augusta District, at FS
Hampshire County – Census – 1784 – Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia, Now West Virginia : Including at the Start Most of Known Va. Aside from Augusta District, at FS
Harrison County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Harrison County, West Virginia for 1850, at FS
Harrison County – Census – 1850 – Harrison Co., West Virginia 1850 Census, at FS
Harrison County – Census – 1810 – 1810 Census : Harrison County, [West] Virginia, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Jackson County, (West) Virginia, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1870 – The 1870 Census of Jackson County, West Virginia, at FS
Lewis County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Lewis County West Virginia, at FS
Lewis County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Lewis County, (West) Virginia for 1850 : Copied from the Original Federal Census Records in the Census Bureau, Washington, D.C., at FS
Lewis County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census of Lewis County, West Virginia, at FS
Lewis County – Census – 1840 – Census Returns of Lewis County, (West) Virginia for 1850 : Copied from the Original Federal Census Records in the Census Bureau, Washington, D.C., at FS
Marshall County – Census – 1900 – Marshall County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Mason County – Census – 1850 – Mason County, WV, 1850 Census, at FS
Mason County – Census – 1860 – Mason County, WV, 1860 Census, at FS
Mason County – Census – 1910 – Mason County, WV, 1910 Census : Arbuckle District, at FS
Mingo County – Census – 1900 – 1900 Federal Census of Mingo County, WV., at FS
Monongalia County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census, Monongalia County, West Virginia, at FS
Monongalia County – Census – 1810 – 1810 Monongalia County, Virginia Census, at FS
Monongalia County – Census – Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1870 Census, at FS
Nicholas County – Census – 1860 – Nicholas County, W. Va., 1860 Census, at FS
Ohio County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census, Ohio County, VA (now WV), at FS
Pendleton County – Census – 1900 – Pendleton County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Pendleton County – Census – 1810 – Pendleton County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1791-1853, Complete 1810 Census, at FS
Pleasants County – Census – 1900 – Pleasants County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Pocahontas County – Census – 1880 – Census Records, 1880, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, at FS
Raleigh County – Census – 1920 – 1920 Census, Raleigh County, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1810-1830 – 1810-1830 Census, Randolph County [West] Virginia, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1810-1830 – Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia) Census 1810-1860, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Randolph County, Virginia : [West Virginia], at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Randolph County, WV, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1850 – Census, 1850: Randolph County, Virginia, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1850 – Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia) Census 1810-1860, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census of Randolph County, Virginia, at FS
Randolph County – Census – 1860 – Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia) Census 1810-1860, at FS
Ritchie County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Ritchie County, West Virginia, at FS
Ritchie County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Doddridge, Ritchie and Gilmer Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850 and Calhoun County (West) Virginia for 1860, at FS
Ritchie County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census of Ritchie County, West Virginia, at FS
Ritchie County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census of Ritchie County, West Virginia, at FS
Summers County – Census – 1910 – 1910 Census, Summers County, at FS
Taylor County – Census – 1850 – Census Returns of Barbour and Taylor Counties, (West) Virginia for 1850, at FS
Tucker County – Census – 1860 – Echoes of the Past : Tucker County West Virginia Decennial Census, at FS
Tucker County – Census – 1860 – Tucker County, WV, 1860 Census, at FS
Upshur County – Census – 1860 – Census of Upshur County, 1860, at FS
Upshur County – Census – 1870 – Upshur County, West Virginia, 1870 Census, at FS
Wirt County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Wirt County, West Virginia, at FS
Wirt County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census of Wirt County, West Virginia, at FS
Wirt County – Census – 1900 – 1900 Census of Wirt County, WV, at FS
Wirt County – Census – 1910 – Wirt County, WV, 1910 Census, at FS
Wirt County – Census – 1920 – Wirt County, WV, 1920 Census, at FS
Wood County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Wood County, West Virginia, at FS
Wood County – Census – 1890 – Wood County, WV 1890 Census : of Union Veterans & Their Widows, at FS
Wood County – Census – 1900 – Wood County, WV, 1900 Census, at FS
Wood County – Census – 1920 – Wood County, WV, 1920 Census, at FS
Wyoming County – Census – 1910 – Index to the 1910 Federal Census of Wyoming Co., WV, at FS
West Virginia Census Records online at the city level
Parkersburg – Census – 1910 – 1910 Index City of Parkersburg, at FS
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