Cabell

Formed January 2, 1809 (16^th county)

Cabell County (94,346), Huntington (46,845)

The classic Beaux Arts structure was built in 1901 and remodeled and enlarged in 1924 and 1946.  It is located on a square at 5^th Avenue, 7^th Street, 6^th Avenue, and 8^th Street.  United States Highway 60 is 5^th Avenue in this part of the town.  Gunn and Curtis and James Stewart combined on the stone building designs.  It features a gold dome.  The grounds have painted animal statues.  The county was created on January 2, 1809 from Kanawha County as the 16^th county with Huntington as the only county seat.  The county is named for Virginia Governor William H. Cabell.  Huntington was named for founder Collis P. Huntington. 

Cabell County government consists of a sheriff and 3 Commissioners.  Four Circuit Court Judges, Three Family Court Judges and Seven Magistrate Court Judges serve Cabell County.  The county is in the southwest part of West Virginia.  Charleston, West Virginia is east and Cincinnati, Ohio is west of the county.  The county resembles a bowl tipping toward the northwest.  Huntington is located on the northwest tip of the county and extends into Wayne County.  Huntington is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 49.7% of the county population.  The county is pronounced KA-BELL. 

The area of the county is 282 square miles.  It is 45 out of 55 in the state.  It ranks 4 out of 55 in population in the state.  It has a density of 334.6 persons per square mile making it 4 out of 55 in the state.  Cabell County has 53.4% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 64 crosses through the county from Putnam County to Kentucky.  United States Highway 52 enters from Ohio, north, and exits to Wayne County, south.  United States Highway 60 parallels Interstate Highway 64 from Putnam County to Kentucky.  The county center is 10.1 miles East of Huntington near Barbourville.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Ohio and Mason, Putnam, Lincoln, and Wayne counties.  This county is in the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area.