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Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 census. [2] It is located along the Ohio River in the state's northern panhandle and is the northernmost city in West Virginia. Chester is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area and is home to the World's Largest Teapot attraction.
James F. Murray House, also known as Murray-Abrams House, is a historic home located at Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built 1904–1905, and is a blond brick, L-shaped dwelling in a combined Classical Revival / American Foursquare style. It featured a deep wraparound porch and porte cochere and slate covered intersecting hipped ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The bridge is located on U.S. Route 30 and is named after U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph (D-WV). The bridge replaced the 1897 Chester Bridge, and is West Virginia's northernmost crossing from its northern panhandle. [1] Route 30 and the Jennings Randolph Bridge as it crosses the Ohio River, January 2019.
The Chester teapot. The Chester teapot is billed as the "World's Largest Teapot", which measures 14 feet (4.3 m) in height by 14 feet (4.3 m) in diameter.Its current location is on the former site of a popular amusement park, Rock Springs Park (1897–1970), off an onramp along U.S. Highway 30 in the City of Chester in Hancock County, West Virginia.
Rock Springs Park is a defunct amusement park once located in Chester, West Virginia, Hancock County.The park officially began operation in 1897, and closed in 1970 after the death of its final owner, Robert Hand.
Babbs Island is an island in Hancock County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia.It takes its name from the Babb family of Columbiana County, Ohio which once owned the island from 1804 to 1820—John Babb (1768-1829) was the original owner.
Jennings Randolph Lake, in Mineral County, West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland, is named in his honor. The Jennings Randolph Bridge that carries U.S. Route 30 across the Ohio River between Chester, West Virginia, and East Liverpool, Ohio, also is named for him. In West Virginia, Interstate 79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway.