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North Central West Virginia
North Central West Virginia (sometimes known as "Mountaineer Country") is a region of the U.S. state of West Virginia. The region's largest city is Morgantown. Counties * Monongalia County * Marion County * Harrison County * Taylor County *Doddridge County These counties are sometimes also included into the region depending on who is asked. * Barbour County * Lewis County * Upshur County *Preston County *Randolph County Wetzel County would not be part of the region because not only does the county border Ohio, but also many West Virginians largely consider Wetzel County to be a part of the Northern Panhandle region, even though it does not lie within the actual "Panhandle. Cities & Towns * Morgantown * Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont * Mannington * Clarksburg *Bridgeport * Grafton * West Union ''Note: These cities are sometimes included within the region.'' *'' Kingwood'' *''Philippi'' *'' New Martinsville'' *''Weston'' *''Buckhannon'' *'' Elkins'' Media TV *WBOY ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannington, West Virginia
Mannington is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States, located in the hills of North-Central West Virginia. In its earliest years it was called Forks of Buffalo or Koon Town, but has been called Mannington since 1856. The population was 1,961 at the 2020 census. Geography Mannington is located at (39.527340, -80.339742), along Buffalo Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. History Early history At the time of the first settlement, the west fork of Buffalo Creek was known as Warrior's Fork, while the North Fork has historically borne the name of Pyle's Fork. One of the first settlers in the area was John Ice, who was born in the valley of the South Branch of the Potomac River in what was then Virginia. As a child, Ice and his father searched in vain for his mother, two sisters and brother who had been captured by Native Americans. The mother was never found, although the children ultim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBOY-TV
WBOY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States, serving North Central West Virginia as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on West Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg, and its transmitter is located east of downtown and US 50. The station identifies on-air as "Clarksburg/ Fairmont/ Morgantown" even though the third city is considered to be part of the Pittsburgh market. Despite this, WBOY-TV operates a news bureau in Morgantown which makes it the only commercial station to have facilities there. History The station was launched on November 17, 1957. It was the second television station in its small market. WBOY was originally intended to be the ABC affiliate for all of North-Central West Virginia. However, the area's intended NBC affiliate, Parkersburg's WTAP-TV, did not have a signal strong enough to reach Clarksburg and Weston. North-Central West Virginia is a very rugged di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkins, West Virginia
Elkins is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins, a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 6,950 at the 2020 census and estimated at 6,895 in 2021. Elkins is home to Davis and Elkins College and to the Mountain State Forest Festival, held in early October every year. History Thomas Skidmore (''ca.'' 1733-1807), born in Maryland, obtained a title to 400 acres of land (“by virtue of a settlement”) in the future Elkins area before 1778. This land, on the east side of the Tygart Valley River, was surveyed by John Poage in 1780 and included the land that is now most of downtown Elkins. Thus, Skidmore was probably the first white settler in what became Elkins. Before its major development, the area that would become Elkins was known as Leadsville, and was the site of a few scattered homesteads – a place where the local farmers' corn crop was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,299 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is located 60 miles southwest of Morgantown, West Virginia, Morgantown, 115 miles northeast of the capital city of Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston, 140 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 220 miles west of Washington, D.C. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the , held annually during the third week of May. In 2023, Buckhannon will hosThe World Association of Marching Show Bands History According to tradition, the first settlers in the Buckhannon River Valley were brothers John and Samuel Pringle. John and Samuel were soldiers serving in the English army during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) who, in 1761, deserted their posts at Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort Pitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weston, West Virginia
Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,943 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County, and home to the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia and the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. History Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. The city was incorporated in 1846. Weston is the site of the former Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a psychiatric hospital and National Historic Landmark which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital. Jackson's Mill, a childhood home of Stonewall Jackson, is approximately four miles (6 km) north of Weston; it has been operated as a 4-H facility since the 1920s and is also the site of conference center operated by the West Virginia University Extension Service. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Jackson' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Martinsville, West Virginia
New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,186 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Wetzel County. Geography New Martinsville is located at (39.657465, -80.859504). Fishing Creek is located downstream nearby, just south of town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. History The town was named after Presley Martin, an early settler. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 5,366 people, 2,340 households, and 1,477 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,632 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.2% White, 0.2% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population. There were 2,340 households, of which 25.7% had childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippi, West Virginia
Philippi ('FILL-uh-pea') is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,928 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi (West Virginia), Battle of Philippi, known as the "Philippi Races". Although a minor skirmish, this is considered the earliest notable land action of the American Civil War. It is also known as the home of Alderson Broaddus University, a four-year liberal-arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches. The city has a weekly newspaper, ''The Barbour Democrat''. History Settlement, founding and naming The first white settlement in present-day Barbour County, West Virginia, Barbour County was established approximately three miles downriver from the future site of Philippi in 1780, at which time the area was still part of western Virginia and included within Monongalia County, West Virginia, Monongalia County. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingwood, West Virginia
Kingwood is a city in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census. It sits within the Allegheny Mountains and is part of the Morgantown metropolitan area. Kingwood is home to Hovatter's Wildlife Zoo, also knows as the West Virginia Zoo. History Kingwood was first settled in 1807 and established by the Virginia General Assembly on January 23, 1811. The town was made the county seat of the new Preston County in 1818 and chartered in 1853. It was named for a grove of tall, stately trees. The James Clark McGrew House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993; the Kingwood Historic District was added in 1994. Geography Kingwood is located at (39.4713, -79.6848). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. It has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures range from 28.7° F in January to 70.2° F in July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Union, West Virginia
West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town in Doddridge County, West Virginia, Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 669 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Doddridge County. The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia, U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 18; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town. History 18th and 19th centuries The area was first settled in the late 1780s by James Caldwell, who owned of land that included present West Union. Caldwell sold this land to Nathan Davis, Jr (1772-1866) and his brothers about 1807. They in turn sold to Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862), a Virginia congressman. The settlement was originally called Lewisport, but Davis later supposedly suggested the name of "West Union", in deference to a proposed town of Union to be built on the eastern side of Middle Island Creek. (Union has disappeared, if i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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