Glenwood is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
Ohio river town in
Mason County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
. It is notable for the
Haunted Plumley Mansion. The town can be found along
West Virginia Route 2
West Virginia Route 2 is a state highway in the US state of West Virginia. It generally parallels the Ohio River along the western border of the state, from U.S. Route 60 in Huntington (just west of the East End Bridge) northeasterly to U.S. ...
south of
Ashton.
The town's only gas station and premier stop is Trippett's Dandi-Mart, owned and operated Joseph Melton (Milt) Trippett, which has been in business for over 50 years.
A notable resident is the
Catfish Man of the Woods.
Catfish Man of the Woods website
(retrieved from the Internet Archive, capture date: February 8, 2012)
The community is part of the Point Pleasant, WV– OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.
References
External links
Mason County History Sources (WV Division of Culture & History)
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Mason County, West Virginia
Point Pleasant micropolitan area
West Virginia populated places on the Ohio River
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