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The Shinnston News is a newspaper serving Shinnston, West Virginia, and surrounding Harrison County. [1] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 2,782 and is owned by Harrison County Publishing Co. [ 2 ]
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Shinnston, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Shinnston, West Virginia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
A total of 30 people died at Shinnston and at least 104 were killed in the state of West Virginia by this and two other intense tornadoes. [2] The outbreak itself was and still remains the deadliest tornado outbreak ever to hit the state of West Virginia. [3] The Shinnston tornado was and is the only tornado to produce violent damage in West ...
Shinnston is a city and former coal town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, along the West Fork River. In 1778, Levi Shinn constructed his log home along what is now Route 19; today it is the oldest standing structure in north-central West Virginia. [5] As of the 2020 census, Shinnston had a population of 2,332. [2]
Levi Shinn House is a historic home located at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia. It is a log dwelling built in 1778, and measuring 37 feet long and 20 feet deep. It features a large interior chimney, providing fireplaces for several of the interior rooms. It is the oldest standing house in north central West Virginia.
Shinnston Historic District is a national historic district located at the confluence of the West Fork River and Shinn's Run, Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia.. The district begins on flat plain near the river and sharply rises to hillside to the southeast.
The eldest Harry Dorsey Gough's estate eventually comprised 2,000 acres (810 ha) along the Great Gunpowder River northeast of Baltimore. [6] Much of this was Corbin Lee 's 1,000-acre (400 ha) plantation [ 7 ] The Adventure, which Gough purchased for £5,000 in 1774 [ 6 ] from Archibald Buchanan [ 8 ] [ 9 ] after Corbin's death in 1773. [ 10 ]
The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 in Shinnston. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 in Bridgeport. The part of WV 131 running north–south from US 50 past I-79 is former WV 73, which continued to Morgantown and Bruceton Mills along the I-79 and I-68 corridors. The remainder of WV 131, along Saltwell Road, was County Route 13.