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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Soil Survey of
Lincoln County,
West Virginia
By Richard D. Jones, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fieldwork by Richard D. Jones, Natural Resources Conservation
Service
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service,
in cooperation with
the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
and the West Virginia Conservation Agency
LINCOLN COUNTY is located in the southwestern part of West Virginia (fig. 1). The
counties bordering Lincoln County are Cabell and Putnam to the north, Kanawha to
the northeast, Boone to the east, Logan and Mingo to the south, and Wayne to the
west. Lincoln County has a total area of 281,000 acres, or about 439 square miles. In
2000, the county had a population of 22,108 (U.S. Department of Commerce 2002).
The main enterprises in the county are timber production, natural gas and
petroleum production, farming, and coal production. Mining and related industries,
railroads, drilling, logging, and educational fields account for most of the employment
in the county.
General Nature of the
County
This section describes the history
and settlement, farming, transportation
facilities, relief and drainage, natural
resources, geology, and climate of the
survey area.
History and Settlement
Lincoln County was established on
February 23, 1867, by an act passed
by the West Virginia Legislature
(Lambert 1991). The county was
formed from portions of Kanawha,
Boone, Putnam, Cabell, Logan, and
Wayne Counties. Lincoln was the
53rd county formed of the present
1
Figure 1.—Location of Lincoln County in West
Virginia.