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Staats Mill Covered Bridge, also known as Tug Fork Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge near Ripley in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.Built in 1887, the Staats Mill Covered Bridge originally crossed the Tug Fork of Big Mill Creek and was named for Enoch Staats' water-powered mill.
Ripley Historic District is a national historic district located at Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia.It encompasses 110 contributing buildings, one contributing site (the Early Settlers Cemetery), and one contributing structure that include the commercial and civic core of the town, and surrounding residential buildings.
This is a list of West Virginia covered bridges. There are 17 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Only three of these bridges were built before 1870 and they are the three longest in the state. Each uses a standard truss design, braced with the Burr Arch. No one-truss design dominates in the state.
A commercial port facility is located on the creek near its mouth, handling limestone, sand, gravel, aluminum, and salt. [11] According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 74% of the Mill Creek watershed is forested, mainly deciduous. Approximately 25% is used for agriculture and pasture, and less than 1% ...
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JanuaryIce Jam, a two-day bluegrass music festival, begins at the Ramada by Wyndham ballroom, Big Beaver. bluegrassrelieffund.org . John & Wendy Mackin Band at the 2023 January Ice Jam in Big Beaver.
Frozen Camp Wildlife Management Area is located on 2,587 acres (1,047 ha) in Jackson County near Ripley, West Virginia. [2] The hilly terrain is mostly covered with second-growth mixed hardwoods , with some open creek bottoms and ridgetops.
Ripley is served by the Jackson County School District. Schools located in Ripley are: Ripley High School (grades 9 through 12) Ripley Middle School (grades 6 through 8) Ripley Elementary School (grades PreK through 5) Fairplain Elementary School (grades PreK through 5) Jackson County Center of West Virginia University at Parkersburg