Sistersville, West Virginia (WV), a community in Tyler County, was established in 1815, incorporated in 1839, and named for sisters Sarah and Delilah Wells, who owned the land on which the town is ...

Gilbert Creek, WV, a community in Mingo County, is situated along Gilbert Creek, the name of which was derived from that of a traveler killed nearby by Native Americans. Gilbert Creek is located ...

Bethlehem, WV (West Virginia), a town in Ohio County, was chartered in 1846. The community is situated on a ridge between the valleys of the Ohio River and Wheeling Creek. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Le ...

Rainelle, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Meadow River in Greenbrier County, was incorporated in 1913 and named for brothers John and Thomas Raine, owners of the Meadow River Lumber Company.

Paw Paw, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Potomac River in Morgan County, was settled in 1800, but was not incorporated until 1891. It became the trading center for the Little Cacapon River ...

Saint Albans, WV (West Virginia), a community on the Kanawha River in northern Kanawha County, was platted in 1816 near the location of Fort Tackett, which was built in 1786. It was first known as ...

Petersburg, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Grant County, was settled in 1745 by German colonists but was not incorporated until 1920. It was named for Jacob Peterson, who owned of the first ...

Hillsboro, West Virginia (WV), a community in southern Pocahontas County, was established in 1843 near the Greenbrier River and was incorporated in 1886. The town named for John Hill, who platted its ...

Caves and caverns are found throughout West Virginia wherever water and stone have conspired to create hollows beneath the Earth’s surface. In southern and eastern West Virginia, however, vast, ...

Whitesville, West Virginia (WV), on the Coal River in Boone County, was incorporated in 1935 and named for settler B.W. White. It was formerly known as Jarrold’s Valley and Prichard City. A memorial ...

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 ...

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 ...