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 ...

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 ...

Stanaford, West Virginia (WV), in northern Raleigh County, is a residential community highly regarded for its wooded neighborhoods. Many desirable properties overlook the scenic gorge of Piney Creek, ...

Montcalm, West Virginia (WV), is a community on the Bluestone River in western Mercer County. Its economy was formerly linked with that of regional coal mining, though that industry has long since ...

Washington, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Ohio River in Wood County, takes its name from Washington Bottom, a flats on the river formerly owned by George Washington. E. I. du Pont de Nemours ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Monongahela Valley Region of northern West Virginia includes farmlands known historically for their rye and buckwheat production, though the region is best known today as a center for education ...

The Etam Earth Station, at Etam, West Virginia, in Preston County, is a principal U.S. site for receiving transmissions from orbiting communications satellites. Four large dish antennas receive ...

Matewan, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Tug River in Mingo County, was founded in 1897 and named for Matewan, New York, the hometown of the engineer who platted it. In 1920, the battle to ...

The Logan Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal-producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or in part: Logan and Wyoming counties. Seams in the Logan ...

Montgomery, West Virginia (WV), is an incorporated community on the Kanawha River that straddles the border between Fayette County and Kanawha County. West Virginia University Institute of Technology ...