West Virginia, Upshur County
Where Buckhannon's records are kept. Buckhannon has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Buckhannon's own offices, along with the Upshur County and State of West Virginia offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Federal
Latest Census Bureau numbers for Buckhannon city, West Virginia: population estimates, veterans, median household income, housing and businesses, built from Population Estimates, the decennial census and American Community Survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
From the Culture Center in Charleston, West Virginia Archives and History offers birth, death and marriage databases and genealogy guides; written research requests cost $10 in state and $20 from elsewhere.
Open official site West Virginia Archives and HistoryCounty court
Covers northern West Virginia from offices in Wheeling and Clarksburg; the court posts hearing and 341 meeting calendars, opinions and forms, and its case locator runs through PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of West VirginiaCounty court
Website of West Virginia's unified court system, with court information by county, forms, e-filing, payments, court record searches and Supreme Court of Appeals and Intermediate Court of Appeals opinions and dockets.
Open official site West Virginia JudiciaryVital records
The state's official repository of birth, death, marriage and divorce records issues certified birth, death, fetal death and marriage certificates for a fee and corrects or amends records; genealogy requests are handled too.
Open official site West Virginia Health Statistics Center Vital RecordsPolice & jail
See missing person cases posted by the West Virginia State Police, with photos, case details and how to report information to investigators.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Registry released by the West Virginia State Police under the state Sex Offender Registration Act; visitors accept its terms before searching, and listings may still be under verification by registry staff.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Request a West Virginia criminal history record check through the State Police Criminal Records Section, the state's central repository for arrest records.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Criminal Records SectionCity records
Buckhannon City Hall at 70 East Main Street, phone 304-472-1651, with utility bill payment, the charter and ordinances, council agendas and minutes, FOIA requests, B&O tax forms and Heavner Cemetery.
Open official site City of BuckhannonCity records
City contact list with City Hall at 304-472-1651, utility boards, police and fire non-emergency lines and the mayor, city recorder, finance director, municipal judge, police chief and fire chief.
Open official site Buckhannon City DirectoryCity records
Library services in the city of Buckhannon.
Open official site Upshur County Public LibraryCity records
City of Buckhannon B&O tax reporting forms, monthly, quarterly and yearly, for businesses in the city; City Hall, 70 East Main Street, Buckhannon, 304-472-1651.
Open official site City of Buckhannon, B&O Tax FormsEverything else, organized
7 more Buckhannon sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Buckhannon, a place of 5,186 people, is the seat of Upshur County. Court and property records sit with Upshur County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of West Virginia. Buckhannon's own offices are in the cards above, and our Upshur County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. The Office of Miners Health Safety and Training keeps the legal Mine Map Archives, the final certified maps required since the 1968 Hominy Falls disaster, at minesafety.wv.gov/historical-statistical-data/west-virginia-mine-map-archives under Historical and Statistical Data.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in West Virginia is run by the West Virginia Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Buckhannon.
Deeds for property in Buckhannon are recorded by the Upshur County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Upshur County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in West Virginia come from the state vital records office, West Virginia Vital Registration. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.