Welcome to Upshur County WV History and Genealogy Presented by West Virginia Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists West Virginia is covered under our "Northeastern States" mailing list. Upshur County was formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis Counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of Virginia. Upshur served as United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler. The county seat is the City of Buckhannon Upshur County was the site of the Sago Coal Mine Disaster on January 2, 2006, where an explosion trapped 13 miners for 2 days, killing all but 1. Incorporated Cities and Towns City of Buckhannon Unincorporated Communities * Abbott * Adrian * Alexander * Alton * Arlington * Atlas * Beans Mill * Canaan * Carter * Craddock * Daysville * Deanville * Eden * Ellamore * Evergreen * Excelsior * Five Forks * Freeman * French Creek * Frenchton * Gaines * Gale * Goodwin * Gormley * Goshen * Gould * Hampton * Heavener Grove * Hemlock * Hinkleville * Hodgesville * Holly Grove * Hoover Town * Imperial * Ingo * Ivy * Kanawha Head * Kedron * Kesling Mill * Lorentz * McCuetown * Midvale * Nebo * Newlonton * Overhill * Palace Valley * Post Mill * Queens * Red Rock * Reger * Rock Cave * Rocky Ford * Ruraldale * Sago * Sand Run * Selbyville * Shahan * South Buckhannon * Swamp Run * Tallmansville * Tenmile * Tennerton * Teter * Vegan * White Oak * Wilsontown * Yokum * Zion Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Legal Records  Website Updates: Marriages 1863-68 Surrounding Counties Harrison County (north) Randolph County (southeast) Barbour County (northeast) Webster County (south) Lewis County (west) Visit Genealogy Trails Back to WV Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.