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Sugar Creek (Middle Island Creek Tributary)
Sugar Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ... of the Mississippi River, draining an area of U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Sugar Creek watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 050302010507The National Map retrieved 2013-07-16 in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. McKim Creek rises northeast of Wick in southwestern Tyler County and flows generally westward into eastern Pleasants County, through the unincorporated communities of Wick and Meadville in Tyler County and Twiggs in Pleasants County. It flows into Middle I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasants County, West Virginia
Pleasants County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,653. Its county seat is St. Marys. Pleasants County is part of the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pleasants County was formed by the Virginia General Assembly from portions of adjacent Wood, Ritchie and Tyler counties on March 29, 1851. The county's namesake is James Pleasants, Jr., an esteemed former US Senator and Virginia Governor. On June 20, 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Pleasants County was one of fifty Virginia counties that entered the Union as the state of West Virginia. In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts. Pleasants County was divided into six districts: Grant, Jefferson, Lafayette, McKim, Union, and Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |