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 ...

Mitchell Heights, West Virginia (WV), a community in Logan County, was incorporated in 1949 and named for its location at the site of the former Mitchell Farm. Mitchell Heights is situated on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Greenbrier Valley Region of southeastern West Virginia has long provided a rural retreat for residents of the mid-Atlantic states. Spas and resorts such as The Greenbrier, at White Sulphur Springs ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...