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Mingo County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,839.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54/54059.html )〕 Its county seat is Williamson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Created in 1895,〔http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/mingo.html〕 Mingo is West Virginia's newest county, named for the historic Iroquoian Mingo people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=West Virginia Counties ) (WV County Etymology)〕 ==History== Mingo County is the newest county in the state, formed by an act of the state legislature in 1895 from parts of Logan County. Its founding was related to a legal protest by a moonshiner, who claimed that the Logan County Court that had found him guilty did not have jurisdiction over his case, because his still was actually located in Lincoln County. A land survey was taken and discovered that the defendant was correct. The charges were then refiled in Lincoln County court. Although the moonshiner was ultimately found guilty of his crime, the state legislature was made aware of the situation and determined that Logan County was too large for the expeditious administration of justice and decided to create a new county, called Mingo. The county was named in honor of the Mingo Indians.〔 The attempt to unionize coal miners in the county in the 1920s led to the Battle of Blair Mountain in neighboring Logan County. Politically, Mingo County is well known for its opposition to current President Barack Obama. In 2008, Obama netted only 8 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, one of his worst performances. In 2012, despite Obama being the presumptive nominee, Democrats in Mingo County voted for Keith Russell Judd, a convicted felon who was the only other candidate on the ballot, over Obama.〔Mathesian, Charles. (How the felon won ). ''The Politico''. Retrieved May 9, 2012.〕 In 2014, Mingo County native Jeremy T.K. Farley published "The Ghosts of Mingo County," a history book of what he described as "the bloodiest county in America." The book was met with mixed reviews; some residents stated that publication portrayed the county as being too lawless, while others believed the book accurately told the county's history.〔Wytheville Enterprise (Wythe County official pens history of coalfields struggle ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mingo County, West Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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