City of Parkersburg

Parkersburg is a city of 30,000 people in West Virginia. It was known as "Newport" when it was founded, later to be renamed Parkersburg in 1810. The city sits where the Little Kanawha River meets the Ohio river; the town of Belpre lies just across the river in Ohio.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oakland and Parkersburg City Park.

Oakland

Protected area

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"Oakland," also known as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy, Stephenson was also married to the sister of Unionist Arthur Boreman, and allowed then Union Army Col.

Parkersburg City Park

Park

Photo: MisterZero, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Francis Xavier Church

Church

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

St. Francis Xavier Church is a historic church at 532 Market Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This church was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belpre and Lauckport.

Belpre

Town

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Belpre is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River across from Parkersburg, West Virginia. The population was 6,728 at the 2020 census.

Lauckport

Neighborhood

Lauckport is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. The community most likely derives its name from the local Lauck family.

City of Parkersburg

Type: Locality with 31,500 residents
Location: Wood County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.2623° or 39° 15′ 44″ north

Longitude

-81.5418° or 81° 32′ 31″ west

Population

31,500

Elevation

633 feet (193 metres)

Open location code

86FW7F65+W7

GeoNames ID

7316544

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