West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 825 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Doddridge County. The mayor is Joseph Thorpe as of 2013. The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 18; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town.
Philip Doddridge D.D. was an English Nonconformist (Congregationalist) minister, educator, and hymnwriter.
West Virginia's 1st congressional district is located in the northern part of the state. It is the most regularly drawn of the state's three districts.
Ephraim Bee was an American pioneer, blacksmith, and inn-keeper of Doddridge County, West Virginia, which he represented in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1863 and 1866-1867.
Philip Doddridge was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Center Point is an unincorporated community in northeastern Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along Route 23 northeast of the town of West Union, the county seat of Doddridge County. Its elevation is 791 feet (241 m).
New Milton is an unincorporated community in central Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. The community is located along Meathouse Fork, southeast of the town of West Union, the county seat of Doddridge County. Its elevation is 833 feet (254 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 26411.
Northampton Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Northampton, Northamptonshire for students aged 11 to 18. Since September 2004, it has been an Academy, part of United Learning, a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust (UCST).
The Doddridge County Courthouse in West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA, was designed in the Victorian Romanesque style by J. Charles Fulton, who also designed courthouses in Barbour County and Randolph County. Built in 1899 by contractor John B. Conn, the courthouse features stone carvings by James Grant. The courthouse replaced a previous courthouse that was destroyed by fire in 1898.
Doddridge is an unincorporated community in southern Miller County, Arkansas, United States, approximately five miles north of the Louisiana border. Doddridge is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 160 and U.S. Route 71, and I-49 passes through the area, connecting it to Texarkana and Louisiana, as well as the confluence of the Sulphur and Red rivers. Although unincorporated, Doddridge has a post office, with the ZIP code of 71834.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Silas P. Smith Opera House, now known as Doddridge County Public Library, is a historic theatre located at West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia. It was built in 1900, and is a two-story brick commercial building measuring 40 feet wide and 70 feet deep. It has simple Romanesque Revival style architectural details. The building has housed the Doddridge County Public Library since 1965. It is included in the West Union Downtown Historic District.
Blandville is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Blandville is located along West Virginia Route 18 and Meathouse Fork 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of West Union. Blandville had a post office, which closed on November 9, 2002.
Industrial is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Industrial is located along County Route 38 and the North Bend Rail Trail 1.25 miles (2.01 km) west-southwest of Salem. Industrial had a post office, which closed on November 2, 2002.
McElroy Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 22.1 miles (35.6 km) long, in northern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 106.2 square miles (275 km2) in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
Doddridge County High School is a public secondary school near West Union, West Virginia.
The 1964 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
