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Dr. George Rigas House is a historic home located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built in 1936, and is a five-bay, 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with clapboard siding and a side gable roof. It has an eclectic style. It features a gable-roofed portico centered on the main elevation and supported by four Tuscan order columns and two pilasters. The house is associated with Dr. George S. Rigas, a prominent local physician who practiced medicine in Weirton.
NRHP reference number: 04000358
The First National Bank is a historic commercial building located at New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia. The building has also been known as the Graham Building and the Ross Building. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, four bay blond brick building with an elevated basement. It features an elevated recessed corner entry with a Doric order column at the corner. It was originally occupied by the First National Bank, until it failed in 1927. For 61 years, from 1929 to 1990, the first floor space housed Graham's Department Store.
NRHP reference number: 00001312
Hollidays Cove is a neighborhood in Weirton, West Virginia, United States. Founded in 1793, Hollidays Cove was the earliest permanent white settlement in what was then Brooke County, Virginia, later becoming Hancock County, West Virginia. The settlement was named after John Holliday, who built a log cabin in a valley (or "cove", in local terminology) on Harmon's Creek in 1776.
James F. Murray House, also known as Murray-Abrams House, is a historic home located at Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built 1904–1905, and is a blond brick, L-shaped dwelling in a combined Classical Revival / American Foursquare style. It featured a deep wraparound porch and porte cochere and slate covered intersecting hipped roofs. Also on the property is a large 2+1⁄2-story frame barn built in 1903. It was the home of James Fraser Murray, (1844-1925), an individual important in the Northern Panhandle's developing oil industry. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
NRHP reference number: 90001066
Johnston-Truax House is a historic home located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. The original log section was built in 1784, and expanded about 1850 and in 1886. It is a 1+1⁄2-story building with a one-story wing. It has log walls covered with clapboard and in turn with siding. It features a full porch with a shed roof.
NRHP reference number: 93000611
Arroyo is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Brooklyn.
USGS GNIS ID: 1535027
Congo Run is a stream in Hancock County, West Virginia, in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1537567
Deep Gut Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1538107
Herron Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1540178
Langfitt Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1541346
Marland Heights Park and Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool is a historic park and swimming pool located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. The Park was dedicated in July 1934 and is a contributing site. It has two contributing structures and one building; the Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool, a large wood timber and stone picnic shelter, and a tool shed. The ovoid-shaped pool was built in 1934, with funds from the David Weir Estate and maintenance support from the Weirton Steel Corporation. The main entrance to the pool features Art Deco style design features.
NRHP reference number: 93001230
Marshall House, also known as McNeil House, is a historic home located at New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Queen Anne style brick dwelling. It was built by West Virginia State Senator Oliver S. Marshall (1850-1934) and remained his home until his death.
NRHP reference number: 01000263
Rock Springs Park is a defunct amusement park once located in Chester, West Virginia, Hancock County. The park officially began operation in 1897, and closed in 1970 after the death of its final owner, Robert Hand. After four years of disuse, the land was bought by the state of West Virginia for the rerouting of U.S. Route 30 and the construction of the Jennings Randolph Bridge over the Ohio River.
Turkeyfoot was an area in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. Named after the shape of the intersection of several roads, the Turkeyfoot oil field was located in the area.
USGS GNIS ID: 1558239
The Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Upper Ohio Valley, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the cities of Weirton and Steubenville. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 116,903. This puts it at 334th largest in the United States. It is also included in the larger Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–OH–WV Combined Statistical Area.
FIPS 6-4 (US counties): 48260
William E. Wells House is a historic home located at Newell, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1907 and extensively remodeled in 1934–1935. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
NRHP reference number: 09000244
Paris Run is a 2.59 mi (4.17 km) long 1st order tributary to Harmon Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this names in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1183293
Turkeyfoot Run is a 1.34 mi (2.16 km) long 1st order tributary to Kings Creek in Hancock County, West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1548369
Lick Run is a 2.02 mi (3.25 km) long 1st order tributary to Kings Creek in Hancock County, West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1541934
Hardin Run is a 5.64 mi (9.08 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1539940
Holbert Run is a 2.87 mi (4.62 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1540379
Mercer Run is a 2.22 mi (3.57 km) long 1st order tributary to North Fork Tomlinson Run in Hancock County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1543121
Muchmores Run is a 2.17 mi (3.49 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
USGS GNIS ID: 1558214
North Fork Tomlinson Run is a 6.30 mi (10.14 km) long 2nd order tributary to Tomlinson Run in Hancock County, West Virginia. This stream along with South Fork Tomlinson Run, forms Tomlinson Run in Tomlinson Run Lake.
USGS GNIS ID: 1544222
Whiteoak Run is a 3.82 mi (6.15 km) long 2nd order tributary to Tomlinson Run in Hancock County, West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1549090
South Fork Tomlinson Run is a 6.92 mi (11.14 km) long 2nd order tributary to Tomlinson Run in Hancock County, West Virginia. This stream along with North Fork Tomlinson Run, forms Tomlinson Run in Tomlinson Run Lake.
Kings Creek is a 15.23 mi (24.51 km) long 4th order tributary to the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1178491
Street address: 717 Washington Street, Room 103, Newell, West Virginia 26050 (from Wikidata)
website: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvtsghs/index.html
Street address: Fairway Street, Weirton, WV 26062 (from Wikidata)
Street address: W. Carolina Avenue, Chester, WV 26034 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 400 Penco Road, Weirton, WV 26062 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 210 S. Court Street, New Cumberland, WV 26047 (from Wikidata)
website: http://newcumberland.lib.wv.us/
Street address: 601 Railroad Street, Chester, WV 26034 (from Wikidata)