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Location: Main St. between 1st & 11th and Viand St. between 8th & 10th, Point Pleasant, West Virginia Coordinates: Area: 36.7 acres (14.9 ha) Built: 1749: Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
Point Pleasant was the final home of Confederate Brigadier-General John McCausland, the next-to-last Confederate General to die. He died at his farm at Grimm's Landing on January 23, 1927, and is buried in nearby Henderson. Karl Probst, born in Point Pleasant, was an automotive engineer credited in 1940 with the design of the Jeep.
Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. [2] The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, [3] delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.
The Point Pleasant Register was a newspaper serving Point Pleasant and Mason County, West Virginia from 1862 to 2022. Circulation was limited to Mason County and nearby areas. The newspaper was founded by George W. Tippett as The Weekly Register in 1862, [ 2 ] many years before becoming a daily publication, known as The Point Pleasant Register ...
The 1976 Mason County jail bombing was a suicide bombing that took place at the Mason County Courthouse in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on March 2, 1976. Five people, including two perpetrators and three law enforcement officers, were killed in the attack, and a further 11 people were injured.
Apple Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, on the Ohio River located along West Virginia Route 2.Apple Grove lies just south of Gallipolis Ferry.
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park is located at the confluence of the Kanawha River and the Ohio River in downtown Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States.The park commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant, fought between the settler militia of Virginia and the forces of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk on October 10, 1774.
Mason, also known as Mason City, [5] is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.The population was 865 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.