Nicholas County, West Virginia          Early History of Nicholas County

The Early History of Nicholas County was submitted by Sandy Spradling,
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Nicholas County:

Nicholas County is the third child of Kanawha.  It was created in 1818, from
the territory of Kanawha, Greenbrier and Randolph counties, and had a
population of 3,338, with 373 "tithables," and an area of 143 miles.  It is
watered by the Gauley and Elk rivers; its surface is generally broken, but in
many localities it is rich and production.  In the upper part of the county,
(now included in Webster,) is a flat section of country, about ten miles long
and from two to three miles in width, called "The Glades" which was evidently
at one time a lake.  It is covered with brush so thick that a fox can
scarcely pass through it, and is low and marshy; but when properly drained it
produces well.  Nicholas is a grazing county, and its citizens carry on an
extensive business in raising, and trading in stock.  It is al noted for its
large beds of all kinds of coal, and its primeval forests of superior timber.

Source:  History of Kanawha County, George W. Atkinson, 1876, p. 21