Hancock County

Hancock County, West Virginia, United States
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Dr. George Rigas House (Q5304118)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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+12-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

First National Bank (Q5453367)
item type: department store
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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, West Virginia (Q5881350)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: 1947 disestablishments in West Virginia, Former municipalities in West Virginia
James F. Murray House (Q6133688)
item type: house
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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+12-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 (Q6268614)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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+12-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 (Q14713963)
item type: unincorporated community in the United States
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Arroyo is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Brooklyn.

USGS GNIS ID: 1535027

Congo Run (Q19986569)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Congo Run is a stream in Hancock County, West Virginia, in the United States.

USGS GNIS ID: 1537567

Deep Gut Run (Q23950368)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Deep Gut Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

USGS GNIS ID: 1538107

Herron Run (Q24192857)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Herron Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

USGS GNIS ID: 1540178

Langfitt Run (Q25025200)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q6771599)
item type: fixed construction
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q6773626)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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+12-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 (Q7354693)
item type: amusement park
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: 1970 disestablishments in West Virginia, Defunct amusement parks in the United States
Turkeyfoot (Q7855184)
item type: unincorporated community in the United States
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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

WIXZ (Q7948407)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area (Q7980367)
item type: metropolitan statistical area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q8008330)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107324607)
item type: stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107324574)
item type: stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107335077)
item type: stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107348876)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107342230)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107473041)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107472967)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q107473165)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q34896574)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q35319692)
item type: stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 (Q35499335)
item type: river / stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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

Tri-State Genealogical & Historical Society (Q97071432)
item type: genealogical society / historical society

Street address: 717 Washington Street, Room 103, Newell, West Virginia 26050 (from Wikidata)

website: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvtsghs/index.html

Old Court House (Q14714292)
item type: courthouse

NRHP reference number: 73001902

Belle Air Drive-In (Q43304833)
item type: movie theater / drive-in theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: Fairway Street, Weirton, WV 26062 (from Wikidata)

Alpine Theatre (Q43304934)
item type: movie theater

Street address: W. Carolina Avenue, Chester, WV 26034 (from Wikidata)

Plaza Theatre (Q43305159)
item type: movie theater

Street address: 400 Penco Road, Weirton, WV 26062 (from Wikidata)

Swaney Memorial Library (Q69518247)
item type: public library / main library

Street address: 210 S. Court Street, New Cumberland, WV 26047 (from Wikidata)

website: http://newcumberland.lib.wv.us/

Lynn Murray Memorial Library (Q69518250)
item type: public library / main library

Street address: 601 Railroad Street, Chester, WV 26034 (from Wikidata)