Coalton, West Virginia (WV), is a community in northern Randolph County incorporated in 1895 as Womelsdorff and named after O. C. Womelsdorff, the first coal mine operator in the community. The ...

Lubeck, West Virginia (WV), is a community in rural Wood County south and east of the Ohio River. The town is a bedroom community of Parkersburg and Marietta. Though first named Watertown, postmaster ...

Fort Gay, WV (West Virginia), a community on the Big Sandy River in Wayne County, was chartered in 1875 as “Cassville.” Its name was changed to Fort Gay in 1932 to commemorate the location of Fort ...

The Metro Valley Region of western West Virginia follows the Ohio and Kanawha rivers and their tributaries through a landscape of farms, cities, and wooded hills. Two of the largest cities in West ...

Peterstown, West Virginia (WV), a community in Monroe County, was incorporated in 1892 and named for Christian Peters, a Revolutionary War soldier who founded the town shortly after the Revolutionary ...

Grafton, West Virginia (WV), the seat of Taylor County, was chartered in 1858 and named in honor of John Grafton, a civil engineer who helped design the route of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — What began as a search for an affordable retirement option has turned into one of southern West Virginia’s most imaginative tourism ventures. Nate Adams and his ...