Vaucluse
Vaucluse is an unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after Vaucluse, in France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Vaucluse, West Virginia” and “Vaucluse, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pleasants County Courthouse and First Brother Island.
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.
First Brother Island
Island
First Brother Island is an island on the Ohio River along the shores of the city of Belmont in Pleasants County, West Virginia, USA. French Creek empties into the Ohio on its eastern end. First Brother Island contains a number of operating oil wells. First Brother Island is situated 1½ miles west of Vaucluse.
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. Middle Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Vaucluse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Green Run.
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.
Green Run
Hamlet
Green Run is an unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States.
Belmont
Village
Belmont is a town in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 872 at the 2020 census.
Vaucluse
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Pleasants, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.3848° or 39° 23′ 5″ northLongitude
-81.2315° or 81° 13′ 53″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
86FW9QM9+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 154361273OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Vaucluse” goes by many names.
- French: “Vaucluse”
- Persian: “واوکلوس، شهرستان پلیسنتس، ویرجینیا غربی”
- South Azerbaijani: “واوکلوس، باتی ویرجینیا”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vaucluse”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.