Wyoming County History

The first people believed to have live in what is now Wyoming County.

• Mingo

• Cherokee

• Mound Builders

• Iroquois

First settler of Wyoming County

• David Hughes

• John Cooke, Sr.

• Captain Ralph Stewart

• Edward McDonald

The first permanent settlement and original county seat.

• Oceana

• Pineville

• Mullens

• Baileysville

The county seat was moved here in 1907 because it was more centrally located.

• Oceana

• Pineville

• Mullens

• Baileysville

Founded in 1912, it is the only city in Wyoming County

• Oceana

• Pineville

• Mullens

• Baileysville

Known as the "Richest Little Railroad in the World", it ran electric locomotives between Mullens and Roanoke, Virginia.

• Norfork & Western

• Chesapeake & Ohio

• Conrail

• Virginian Railway

This town was almost entirely demolished with the construction of R. D. Bailey Lake

• Oceana

• Pineville

• Mullens

• Baileysville

What was the original name of Oceana?

• Cassville

• Sumpterville

• Cookeville

• Stewartville

Who was the founder of Mullens?

• Samuel Mullens

• John Cooke, Sr.

• A. J. Mullins

• Joshua Stewart