W. Va. Code § 1-3-1: Notice of intention to create new county.

When it is intended to apply to the Legislature for the passage of an act to create a new county, a notice of such intention shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be each county from which any part of such new county is proposed to be taken.