Middle Island Creek
Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, draining an area of 565 square miles on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Be-van-soss”, “Be-van-Soss Creek of the Indians”, “Be-yan-soss”, “Bulls Creek”, “By-en-soss”, “By-En-Soss Cree k”, “By-en-Soss Creek”, and “Louisa River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Middle Island and Pleasants County Courthouse.
Middle Island
Island
Middle Island is a bar island on the Ohio River at St. Marys in Pleasants County, West Virginia, USA. Middle Island lends its name to West Virginia's Middle Island Creek and lies at its confluence with "The Thoroughfare", a channel of the Ohio River that separates the island from the riverbank.
Pleasants County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Pleasants County Courthouse was built in 1924 in St. Marys, West Virginia. The Neo-Classical Revival style building replaced the original courthouse, which was badly damaged by lightning in 1923.
Grape Island
Islet
Grape Island is a 45-acre island on the Ohio River in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The bar lies off the West Virginia coast from the communities of Grape Island and Spring Run. Grape Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Middle Island Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Marys and Newport.
Saint Marys
Town
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St. Marys is a city in and the county seat of Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,847 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area.
Newport
Village
Newport is a census-designated place in eastern Newport Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45768. Newport is situated 1½ miles southwest of Middle Island Creek.
Bevan
Hamlet
Bevan is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Bevan is situated 1½ miles west of Middle Island Creek.
Middle Island Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Pleasants, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Middle Island Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Middle Island Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Middle Island Creek”
- Cebuano: “Middle Island Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميدل ايسلاند كريك”
- Russian: “Мидл-Айленд-Крик”
- Venetian: “Middle Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Murphy and Grape Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Furgeson Lane and Middle Island Creek Bridge.
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