Barboir, the name of counties in three of the United States. I. A N. E. county of West Virginia; area, 330 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 10,312, of whom 386 were colored. Its surface is hilly, and its soil very fertile, and well adapted for grazing. It is drained by the constituents of the east fork of the Mononga-hela river. Bituminous coal and iron ore are found, and salt mines have been opened. In 1870 the chief productions were 42,305 bushels of wheat, 173,195 of Indian corn, 43,367 of oats, 10,803 tons of hay, and 31,973 lbs. of wool. Capital, Phillips. II. A S. E. county of Alabama, bounded E. by the Chattahoochee river, which separates it from Georgia; area, about 900 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 29,309, of whom 17,165 were colored. It has an undulating surface, partly covered with forests of pine. The soil in the valleys of the streams is fertile, and suitable for Indian corn and cotton. The chief productions in 1870 were 364,304 bushels of Indian corn, 42,734 of sweet potatoes, 17,011 bales of cotton, and 25,738 gallons of molasses. Capital, Clayton. III. A S. county of Kansas, not yet settled, bordering on Indian territory; area, 780 sq. m.

The Nescatunga river, a tributary of the Arkansas, intersects the S. W. corner, and a branch of the former also drains the N. and ES. jtortionsof the county.