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Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] a decrease from 5,947 in 2010 . It is the county seat of Mississippi County [ 7 ] and since 1968 has been home to the annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival which highlights the old homes and gardens throughout the town.
Charleston was also home to West Virginia Junior College's Charleston campus until 2020, when it relocated to Cross Lanes. [60] WV Junior College is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award diplomas and associate degrees. Part of the Kanawha Valley for almost 115 years, WV Junior College was ...
Barbour County is a county in north central West Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 15,465. [5] The county seat is Philippi, [6] which was chartered in 1844.
It is the largest metropolitan area entirely within the state of West Virginia. The Huntington Metro Area adds to the Charleston–Huntington, WV-OH-KY CSA and spans three states (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio), while the core county of the Charleston area, Kanawha County, is more populous than the West Virginia portion of the Huntington area.
The oldest surviving Washington family house in Jefferson County also is the only one still owned by members of the extended Washington family. [7] Modern archeological excavations of a graveyard at Harewood noted that some remains were moved to the graveyard of Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town in 1882, and have identified the remains of Lucy Payne (wife of George Steptoe Washington) and ...
In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters. A few older cities are incorporated under legislative charters (Carrollton, Chillicothe, LaGrange, Liberty, Miami, Missouri City, and Pleasant Hill) which are no longer allowed.
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. [1] Its county seat is Madison. [2] Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and strawberries.
Middlebourne was established by an enactment of the Virginia General Assembly in 1813. [6] Two explanations have been given for the name of the town: One is that it was located halfway between Pennsylvania and a series of salt wells along the Kanawha River upstream of Charleston; the other is that it is located midway between the source and the mouth of Middle Island Creek, [6] which flows ...