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Huntington is the second-most populous city in West Virginia. The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, spanning seven counties across West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, had an estimated population of 368,262 in 2023. Surrounded by extensive natural resources, the area was first settled in 1775 as Holderby's Landing.
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Beckley/Bluefield: Oak Hill: 4 31 WOAY-TV: ABC: Bluefield: 6 17 WVVA: NBC: CW on 6.2, MeTV on 6.3, Court TV on 6.4, Start TV on 6.5, Circle on 6.6
Area codes 304 and 681 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the entirety of the U.S. state of West Virginia. The numbering plan area was established in October 1947 with area code 304, as one of the eighty-six original North American area codes .
The $10.5 million Huntington Civic Center was completed in 1977 and was the largest in the state of West Virginia when it opened. [2]At the time, the city felt it would not be able to accommodate Marshall University basketball, and the arena was thus built in a location that Marshall objected to, and used a design that was not sports-friendly.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, [1] making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. [2] The county was organized in 1809 and named for William H. Cabell, the Governor of Virginia from 1805 to 1808. [3] Cabell County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH Metropolitan Statistical ...
ZIP code: 25601. Area code(s) 304 & 681: FIPS code: 54-48148 [3] GNIS feature ID: 1542310 [4] Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, ...
Elkview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,222 at the 2010 census. [1] It is named after the Elk River, which flows into the Kanawha River. Interstate 79, the "Jennings Randolph Expressway", provides highway access to Elkview from exit 9.
In 1908, Rufus Switzer, the future mayor of Huntington, pushed the city to purchase 75 acres of land on 13th Avenue to construct Ritter Park. Five years later in 1913, the park opened to the public. [3] The park was named after lumberman, Charles Ritter, who donated 20 acres of land for the creation of the park. [4]