Auburn, WV (West Virginia), a rural community in Ritchie County, was established on Bone Creek, a tributary of the south fork of the Hughes River. The name “Auburn” was suggested in 1871 by Major ...

Kenova, WV (West Virginia), on the Ohio River in Wayne County, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1894. At the corner of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, its name is a portmanteau of Ohio, ...

The Walkersville Covered Bridge at Walkersville, West Virginia, in Lewis County, spans the right fork of the West Fork River and is a 39-foot-long queen-post truss. The bridge was built by John G.

Durbin, WV (West Virginia), a community in northern Pocahontas County, was incorporated in 1906 and named for banker Charles R. Durbin, Sr., a local bank official. Its population was 235 at the 2020 ...

Brooke County, , West Virginia (WV) in the northern panhandle, was created in 1797 and named for Virginia governor Robert Brooke.

Daniels, West Virginia (WV), is a rural, unincorporated community in southern Raleigh County and the location of Glade Springs, a vacation resort and master-planned residential community. Three golf ...

Leon, WV (West Virginia), a community on the Kanawha River in Mason County at the mouth of Thirteenmile Creek, was platted in 1840 by Benjamin Byram and was incorporated in 1872. Leon was called ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Region follows the valley of Ohio River along the northwest border of West Virginia and is bounded on the north by the Northern Panhandle Region and on the southwest by the Metro ...

Madison, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Boone County, was burned during the Civil War, but recovered and was incorporated in 1906 and named for Colonel William Madison Peyton, a pioneer coal ...

Taylor County, in northeastern West Virginia (WV), was created in 1844 and named in honor of Senator John Taylor of Caroline. Its seat is at Grafton. The Tygart Valley River courses northward through ...

Sissonville, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Pocatalico River in northern Kanawha County, was named for John Sisson, who owned the original townsite. Sissonville has traditionally been a ...

Beverly, WV (West Virginia), a community on the Tygart Valley River in Randolph County, was chartered in 1790 and named for Beverly Randolph, the mother of Edmund Randolph, who served as the governor ...