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Spring Hill Cemetery (Huntington, West Virginia)
Spring Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia. Established in 1874, Spring Hill Cemetery's oldest grave is dated 1838, with the first official burial being 1873. Notable burials *1861 - Albert G. Jenkins, former United States House of Representatives *1875 - Peter Cline Buffington, first mayor of Huntington, West Virginia *1886 - Charles B. Hoard, former United States House of Representatives *1900 - Eustace Gibson, former Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates *1905 - Delos W. Emmons, co-founder of Huntington, West Virginia *1930 - James A. Hughes, former United States House of Representatives *1940 - Eloise Hughes Smith, 1912 RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' disaster survivor *1954 - Skeeter Shelton, former Major League Baseball Outfielder *1959 - Will E. Neal, former United States House of Representatives The Marshall Plane Crash In 1970, the Southern Airways Flight 932 was carrying 37 members of the 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The County seat, seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Guyandotte River, Guyandotte rivers in the state's southwestern region. With a population of 46,842 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 44,942 in 2024, Huntington is the List of municipalities in West Virginia, second-most populous city in West Virginia. The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, spanning seven counties across West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, has an estimated 368,000 residents. Surrounded by extensive natural resources, the area was first settled in 1775 as Holderby's Landing. Its location was selected as ideal for the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which founded Huntington as one of the nation's first planned communities to facilitate transportation industries. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
