Putnam County, West Virginia

Putnam County
County
Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield
Location within the U.S. state of West Virginia
West Virginia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°31′N 81°55′W / 38.51°N 81.91°W / 38.51; -81.91
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Founded	March 11, 1848
Named for	Israel Putnam
Seat	Winfield
Largest city	Hurricane
Area
• Total	350 sq mi (900 km2)
• Land	346 sq mi (900 km2)
• Water	4.7 sq mi (12 km2)  1.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	57,440
• Estimate  (2021)	57,260
• Density	160/sq mi (63/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	putnamcountywv.gov

Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,440.^[1] Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley.^[2] Putnam County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, across the Kanawha River from Charleston, West Virginia.