Kyger Creek

Kyger Creek is a stream in Gallia, Ohio. Kyger Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet York, as well as near the village Addison.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kyger Creek Power Plant and Mason County Airport.

Kyger Creek Power Plant

Power station

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Kyger Creek Power Plant is a 1.08-gigawatt, 1,086 coal-fired power station located south of Cheshire, Ohio in Gallia County, Ohio. It is operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation.

Mason County Airport is a public use airport in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Mason County Commission and located four nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Mason County Airport is situated 2 miles east of Kyger Creek.

Gavin Power Plant

Power station

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General James M. Gavin Power Plant is a 2,600-megawatt supercritical coal-fired power station in the village of Cheshire, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, a 50–50 joint venture of The Blackstone Group L.P. and ArcLight Capital Partners. Gavin Power Plant is situated 2 miles north of Kyger Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheshire and Maggie.

Cheshire

Hamlet

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Cheshire is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 123 at the 2020 census. It is part of the rural Point Pleasant micropolitan area. Cheshire is situated 3 miles northeast of Kyger Creek.

Maggie

Hamlet

Maggie is an unincorporated community in Mason County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Maggie is situated 3½ miles northeast of Kyger Creek.

Point Pleasant

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Point Pleasant is a town of 4,637 people in West Virginia. These days it's best-known for a series of mysterious paranormal occurrences that began in 1966.

Kyger Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Big Kyger Creek”, “Cygers Creek”, “Kayger Creek”, and “Kaygers Creek”
Category: body of water
Location: Gallia, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.90619° or 38° 54′ 22″ north

Longitude

-82.13459° or 82° 8′ 5″ west

Elevation

538 feet (164 metres)

Open location code

86CVWV48+F5

GeoNames ID

4516070

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as York and Addison.

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