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West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town and the county seat of Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 669 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 18 ; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town.
Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, also known as "Willowbrook," is a historic home located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The house began as a pioneer log fort built by six families in 1770. After 1855, it was enlarged to a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, T-shaped dwelling with a two-story rear wing.
Doddridge County was officially created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties of what was then still Virginia. It was named for Philip Doddridge (1773–1832), the late statesman of western Virginia who was the leading voice for westerners during the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829–1830.
West Union is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. West Union is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Marlinton . References
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
West Union Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia. It encompasses 85 contributing residential buildings, built between about 1858 and 1940.
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The following is a list of West Virginia Confederate Units which were composed mostly or notably by citizens of the 50 counties of western Virginia which eventually became West Virginia. These units, with the exception of the Kentucky units, are designated "Virginia", as were the Union regiments from western Virginia.