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Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The most populous city in North Central West Virginia and the third-most populous city in the state, Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia University. The population was 30,347 at the 2020 census. [8]
Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building, also known as the WCTU Building, is a historic building at 160 Fayette Street in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1922 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union , and is a detached, brick, four-story plus basement structure in the Classical Revival style.
Morgantown is the name of several places in the United States of America: Places. Morgantown, Indiana, a town; Morgantown, Kentucky, a city;
Morgantown was established by an act reading as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly that 50 acres (200,000 m 2 ) of land, the property of Zackquill Morgan, lying in the county of Monongalia shall be laid out in lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets which shall be established as a town by the name of "Morgans Town".
The growth of downtown Morgantown limited the space available on the original campus, therefore the new site was located nearly two miles north on what had been farmland. [8] Beginning in the late 1950s the University experienced the most rapid period of growth in its history.
Morgantown Center is an event facility adjacent to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Center houses "Classic Auto Mall", a large classic car consignment house. [8] Morgantown is home to Hollywood Casino Morgantown, a mini-casino owned by Penn National Gaming. The 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2) casino has 750 slot machines and 30 table games. It ...
The Downtown Morgantown Historic District is a federally designated historic district in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district, encompassing approximately 75 acres, has 122 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites including commercial and public buildings, residences, and churches.
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser, and clinical campuses for the university's medical school at the Charleston Area Medical Center and ...