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Parsons is the largest city in and county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. [6] The population was 1,322 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Parsons is located at the confluence of the Shavers Fork and the Black Fork , forming the head of the Cheat River .
Tucker County, West Virginia. / 39.09; -79.34. Tucker County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,762, [ 3] making it West Virginia's fourth-least populous county. Its county seat is Parsons. [ 4] The county was created in 1856 from a part of Randolph County, then part of Virginia.
Parsons station. / 39.09556°N 79.68056°W / 39.09556; -79.68056. Parsons station is a historic railroad depot located at Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built by the Western Maryland Railroad in 1888, and is a one-story frame building in the Eastlake movement / Stick Style. It is a simple rectangle measuring 70 feet long ...
Shavers Fork of the Cheat River is situated in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is 88.5 mi (142.4 km) long [3] and forms the Cheat at its confluence with Black Fork at Parsons. [6] It was traditionally considered one of the five Forks of Cheat and its upper reaches constitute the highest river in the eastern United States.
U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia, in red Route information Maintained by WVDOH Length 196.20 mi (315.75 km) Existed 1926–present Western section West end US 50 / SR 32 in Belpre, OH Major intersections I-77 in Parkersburg US 19 in Clarksburg I-79 in Clarksburg US 250 near Grafton US 119 in Grafton East end US 50 near Brookside Eastern section West end US 50 in Gormania Major ...
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, a 11-mile (18 km) long 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
U.S. Route 48 ( US 48 ), also known as the incomplete Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System, extends from Interstate 79 (I-79) in Weston, West Virginia, eastward across the crest of the Allegheny Mountains to I-81 in Strasburg, Virginia. It is planned to extend 157 miles (253 km) from northwestern Virginia to central West ...
Battle of Rich Mountain. / 38.86611°N 79.93389°W / 38.86611; -79.93389. The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. [ 1][ 2]