JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA
First Jewish Settlers
Location & County
First Jewish Community Organization
1843
Wheeling (Ohio)
1849 Cemetery & Synagogue
1850's
Charleston (Kanawha)
1873 Synagogue
1850's
Parkersburg (Wood)
1869 Young Men’s Hebrew Association
1870
Martinsburg (Berkeley)
1912 Synagogue
1872
Huntington (Cabell)
1880 Synagogue
1880
Bluefield (Mercer)
1902 Synagogue
1890's
Williamson (Mingo)
1916 Synagogue
1895
Mount Hope (Fayette)
No organized Jewish Community
1898
Morgantown (Monongalia)
1919 Synagogue
1899
Fairmont (Marion)
1912 Religious School
1900's
Logan (Logan)
1922 Synagogue
1900
Keystone (McDowell)
1904 Synagogue
1901
Oak Hill (Fayette)
No organized Jewish Community
1903
Clarksburg (Harrison)
1913 B’nai B’rith Lodge
1903
Piedmont (Mineral)
No organized Jewish Community
1909
Weirton (Hancock)
1916 Synagogue
1911
Beckley (Raleigh)
1901 Fraternal Lodge
1914 (pre)
Kimball (McDowell)
1914 Synagogue
1914
Welch (McDowell)
1920's Synagogue