Grandview Island is an
island on the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
in
Tyler County,
West Virginia. Grandview Island lies between
New Matamoras
Matamoras, also known as New Matamoras, is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 702 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Marietta micropolitan area.
History
The Matamoras vicinity was ...
,
Ohio and
Friendly
Friendly may refer to:
Places
* Friendly, West Yorkshire, a settlement in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
* Friendly, Maryland, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Friendly, Eugene, Oregon, a neighborhood in the United States
* ...
, West Virginia. The island takes its name from a small community to its southwest on the Ohio shore by the name of Grandview. Grandview Island is protected as part of the
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
See also
*
List of islands of West Virginia
This is a list of islands of West Virginia.
See also
* List of islands on the Potomac River
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Islands in West Virginia, List of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and South ...
References
River islands of West Virginia
Islands of Tyler County, West Virginia
Islands of the Ohio River
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