West Virginia — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions29
Athletic Sections4
School Districts8
Concepts (12)
West Virginia
Local NameWest Virginia
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameLegislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesCharleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCounty Commission
SubdivisionsCities, Towns
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor
SubdivisionsNo
Town or Village
Local NameTown or Village
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCouncil
Executive TitleMayor
Executive RequiredNo
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCounty Board of Education
Educational Service Cooperative
Local NameEducational Service Cooperative
Local AbbrevESC
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameESC Board
Class
Local NameClass
Parent Org NameWVSSAC
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial Circuit
Local NameJudicial Circuit
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (1)
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://gis.transportation.wv.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Boundaries/MapServer/1
ProviderWV Dept of Transportation (WVDOT), layer "WV_Counties"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 55 counties, exact match.
Field mapping (3)
NAMEname
FIPSattributes.county_fips
CO CODEattributes.wv_county_code
Municipalities
Urlhttps://gis.transportation.wv.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Boundaries/MapServer/15
Providersame WVDOT host, layer "Incorporated Places" (an annexation overlay also exists at layer 16, "Incorporated_Places_Annex")
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 231 records, matching the ~230 City/Town-or-Village total closely.
School Districts
Statusno separate live dataset exists
NoteWV's 55 school districts are legally co-terminous with its 55 counties (WV Code, county-unit system), each run by a County Board of Education — the counties source above (NAME field) doubles as the district list. No distinct WVDE-published GIS/API layer was found.
Educational Region
Statusconfirmed to exist but no live API or directory found
Note8 Educational Service Cooperatives (since 2018, replacing RESAs per WV Code §18-5-13c) — checked wvde.us/middle-secondary-learning/gis/ and the WVDE sitemap, no machine-readable roster. Only substantive source is prose history at wvencyclopedia.org/entries/40 (e-WV Encyclopedia), confirming the 2018 RESA→ESC transition but listing no roster of the 8 ESCs or their county membership — would need manual compilation from WV Code §18-5-13c or individual county-board sites.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.