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Glenville was established by John Moseley in 1825 with the name Long Falls Creek, after the creek that runs south of the community. In 1859 the hamlet was renamed Glenville for the large number of Glenn families in the area (likely descendants of Kentucky pioneer, David Glenn, who moved to the area in the 1790s) [3] but was reverted to Long Falls Creek in 1864 and changed one final time to ...
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population was 42,425. [ 1 ]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 596 square miles (1,540 km 2), of which 587 square miles (1,520 km 2) is land and 9.0 square miles (23 km 2) (1.5%) is water. [6] It is the fifth-largest county by area in Kentucky. Ohio County is part of the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky. Much of Ohio County ...
It was founded in 1892 as a weekly by Wat Warren, [4] as a Republican weekly. By 1920, it had a circulation of 700 and was published by Hunter W. Brannon. [5]In 1971, it was bought (along with sister publication the Democrat) by two New York executives—one a banker and one an editor of a sporting magazine—looking to escape city life and settle in small-town West Virginia. [6]
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Location of Ohio County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
Job's Temple is a historic Methodist church building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built between 1860 and 1866, and is a building constructed of poplar log, measuring 18 feet by 24 feet. The building was renovated between 1928 and 1936. Adjacent to the church is Job's Temple Cemetery, containing 122 graves. [2]