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Zoning regulations frequently contain restrictions that govern lot sizes and lot geometry. The platting process allows the governing authorities to ensure that all lots comply with these regulations. Ensuring compliance with a land use plan established to control the development of a city. Ensuring that all property has access to public utilities.
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]
Cheat Lake is a census-designated place in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, surrounding the Cheat Lake reservoir. The population was 9,930 at the 2020 census. [4] It is included in the Morgantown metropolitan area.
Platte County is the name of three counties in the United States: Platte County, Missouri; Platte County, Nebraska; Platte County, Wyoming; Platte County, Colorado Territory, an unorganized county of the Territory of Colorado from 1872 to 1874
Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. [1] Its county seat is Wellsburg. [2] The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County [3] and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. [4]
Washington acquired the 2,448-acre (10 km 2) parcel in 1770, and designated Colonel William Crawford to survey the lands in 1771. A permanent settlement was first established in 1810, and the town streets and lots were laid out in their current pattern by descendants of Washington in 1835. [ 6 ]
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,976. [1] Its county seat is Petersburg. [2] The county was created from Hardy County in 1866 and named for Civil War General and the 18th president of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.
Prichard is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.As of the 2020 census, its population was 461. [2] It is located along the Big Sandy River and U.S. Route 52.