West Virginia Media Market Map (with Congressional Districts)

by: Clem Guttata

Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 14:00:00 PM EDT

One of the questions that keeps coming up is, how much W.Va. media money is spent to influence surrounding states? Ohio is an obvious battleground state, with PA and VA not far behind.

This map provides a hint:

There are 8 media markets that include parts of West Virginia.

The Wheeling / Steubenville, OH market includes 6 counties in W.Va. and 5 in Ohio.

The Parkersburg market includes 2 W.Va. counties and 1 Ohio county.

The Charleston / Huntington market covers 16 W.Va. counties, 6 in Ohio, and 10 in KY.

The Bluefield / Beckley-Oak Hill market spans 9 W.Va. counties and 1 VA county.

The lone self-contained media market in W.Va. is the Clarksburg-Weston market. Ironically, it is also the only market to include at least one county in all 3 W.Va. congressional districts.

The Pittsburg, PA market includes only 2 W.Va. counties, 1 MD county, and 13 PA counties.

In the eastern part of W.Va., Pendelton county joins 2 VA counties (and 3 cities) to make up the Harrisonburg, VA market.

The remaining 7 counties in W.Va. are part of the vast DC / NoVa / Hagerstown-MD market that includes Wasington, DC, one county in PA, 8 counties in MD and 15 counties (plus a handful of cities) in VA.

West Virginia Congressional District Historical Maps

by: Clem Guttata

Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 14:55:57 PM EDT

For starters, a big thank you goes out to DS, his anonymous friend, WVPDA and an anonymous reference librarian for providing historical maps. (I could still use the 1980 redistricting map... unless it's identical to the 1990 one.)

If you're interested in actual maps I prepared the video from, or still shots from the video, it's all available at the West Virginia Blue Flickr photostream.

Here's a short-hand version of the history of congressional district per county:

County - 1953 - 1963 - 1973 - 2003
Barbour    - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Berkeley   - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Boone      - 6 - 3 - 3 - 3
Braxton    - 3 - 1 - 3 - 2
Brooke     - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Cabell     - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3
Calhoun    - 3 - 1 - 3 - 2
Clay       - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2
Doddridge  - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1
Fayette    - 3 - 5 - 2 - 3
Gilmer     - 3 - 1 - 3 - 1
Grant      - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Greenbrier - 5 - 2 - 2 - 3
Hampshire  - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Hancock    - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Hardy      - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Harrison   - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1
Jackson    - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2
Jefferson  - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Kanawha    - 6 - 3 - 3 - 2
Lewis      - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2
Lincoln    - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3
Logan      - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3
Marion     - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Marshall   - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Mason      - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2
McDowell   - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3
Mercer     - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3
Mineral    - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Mingo      - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3
Monongalia - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Monroe     - 5 - 5 - 2 - 3
Morgan     - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Nicholas   - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
Ohio       - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Pendleton  - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Pleasants  - 4 - 4 - 1 - 1
Pocahontas - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3
Preston    - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Putnam     - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2
Raleigh    - 6 - 3 - 4 - 3
Randolph   - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Ritchie    - 3 - 4 - 3 - 1
Roane      - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2
Summers    - 5 - 5 - 2 - 3
Taylor     - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Tucker     - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Tyler      - 4 - 4 - 4 - 1
Upshur     - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2
Wayne      - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3
Webster    - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3
Wetzel     - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Wirt       - 3 - 4 - 3 - 2
Wood       - 4 - 4 - 1 - 1
Wyoming    - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3

And, below the break, a longer version of counties per district per re-districting. (Whew!)

Please note... the transcription from historical maps to the lists below (and pictures in the video above) was all done by hand. Please let me know if you spot any errors so I can fix them!