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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. [5] Pleasants County was divided into six districts: Grant, Jefferson, Lafayette, McKim, Union, and ...
English: This is a locator map showing Pleasants County in West Virginia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
West Virginia: County: Pleasants: Time zone: UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer : UTC-4 (EDT) GNIS feature ID: 1540112 [1] Hebron is an unincorporated community in ...
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Belmont is a town in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 872 at the 2020 census. [3] Belmont was incorporated on April 19, 1946, by the Circuit Court of Pleasants County. The city was named for the beautiful hills (beau mont) in the area. [5]
Eureka is an unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. Eureka is located on the banks of the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 2, 1 mile (1.6 km) west-southwest of Belmont. [2] Eureka had a post office, which closed on January 16, 1993. [3] The community was named Eureka after oil was discovered in the area. [4]
Protected areas of Pleasants County, West Virginia (1 P) This page was last edited on 3 April 2011, at 14:17 (UTC). Text is ...