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Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,175 at the 2010 census. [3] The community was named after George Washington. [5]
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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
US 50 west (George Washington Highway) North Branch Potomac River: Gormania Bridge: Grant: Gormania: WV 90 south – Thomas: Mount Storm: WV 42 south – Petersburg: west end of WV 42 overlap: Mineral WV 42 north – Elk Garden, Jennings Randolph Lake: east end of WV 42 overlap: Claysville: WV 93 west – Scherr: west end of WV 93 overlap: New ...
The park is situated near the eastern edge of U.S. Route 19 (US 19) and West Virginia Route 41 (WV 41), about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Summersville. [1] [5] Salmon Run, a nearby stream, flows parallel to US 19 and WV 41 and it joins Summersville Lake just west of Hughes Bridge, which carries US 19 and WV 41 over the lake. [1]
Mountain Lake Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The wilderness area is located next to privately owned Mountain Lake , [ 3 ] and consists of 8,314 acres (3,365 ha) in Virginia and 2,721 acres (1,101 ha) in West Virginia .
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 ...
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial