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The State Fair of West Virginia is an annual state fair for West Virginia, United States. It is held annually in mid-August on the State Fairgrounds in Lewisburg. This year's State Fair is scheduled for 8-17 August 2024. The State Fairgrounds consists of a large open park for carnivals and exhibition, grandstands, and several exhibition buildings.
2024 30.20 10.60 Ohio River: Lauren Noble Weight [6] [7] Buffalo: 1976 41 38 Little Kanawha River: Hobert Null Common carp: 1988 41 41.5 Stonecoal Lake: Charles J. Cook Length Common carp: 1998 39.3 47 Preston County: Gary Johnson Weight Grass carp: 2002 50.75 71.69 Warden Lake: William R. Taucher Blue catfish: 2023 50.51 69.45 Ohio River ...
Fairlea is located at (37.779967, -80.458538 [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km 2), all land.. The area Fairlea is located on is relatively flat compared to the rest of the state.
The Fayette County Public Library houses microfilm records of census records from 1840 to 1930, newspapers from 1906-present, WV county death, marriage, and birth records, Fayette County yearbooks, local magazines, family collections, the West Virginia Collection, and other miscellaneous collections about West Virginia. [11] Glenville State ...
The Washington Heritage Trail is a 136.0-mile (218.9 km) National Scenic Byway through the easternmost counties of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The trail forms a loop through the three counties and traces the footsteps of George Washington and the marks his family left in the Eastern Panhandle. In addition to homes and sites related to ...
Matoaka is a census-designated place in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 173 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 100,093. This town is named for Chief Powhatan's daughter Matoaka who was better known by her nickname "Pocahontas". [5]
Thomas was platted in 1884. [5] Thomas was named for Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Senator Henry Gassaway Davis. [6] The Davis brothers, in 1883, opened a mine near Thomas and had coal ready to ship when their railway arrived a year later.
The WMA's forests are primarily dominated by mature species of oak, hickory, and Virginia pine. White-tailed deer , turkey , grouse , squirrel , and black bears are available for hunting. Mill Run , a steep mountain stream that meanders through a seven-mile (11 km) course to join the South Branch Potomac River , is also located in the Nathaniel ...