Enterprise | |
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  Enterprise Location within the state of West Virginia  Enterprise Enterprise (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°0′25″N81°22′10″W / 39.00694°N 81.36944°W Coordinates: 39°0′25″N81°22′10″W / 39.00694°N 81.36944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wirt |
| Elevation | 630 ft (190 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1549674 [1] |
Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States.
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Wirt County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,717, making it the least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Elizabeth. The county was created in 1848 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for U.S. Attorney General and presidential candidate William Wirt. The county is served by one high school, Wirt County High School.
The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long, in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 2,320 mi² (6,009 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It served as an important commercial water route in the early history of West Virginia, particularly in the logging and petroleum industries.
William Wirt was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. He was also the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election.
Charles Brooks Smith was a Union Army veteran, businessman and Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for a single term from West Virginia's 4th congressional district.
William Wirt Henry was a Virginia lawyer and politician, historian and writer, a biographer of Patrick Henry, his grandfather, and who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and was president of The Virginia Bar Association and the American Historical Association.
Munday is an unincorporated community in eastern Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along local roads southeast of the town of Elizabeth, the county seat of Wirt County. Its elevation is 717 feet (217 m). Munday had a post office, which closed on October 26, 2002.
Creston is an unincorporated community in southeastern Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at the confluence of the Little Kanawha River and the West Fork Little Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 5, southeast of the town of Elizabeth, the county seat of Wirt County. Its elevation is 653 feet (199 m). Creston had a post office, which closed on June 25, 2011. The community was named for a drainage divide near the town site.
Peewee is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along local roads southwest of the town of Elizabeth, the county seat of Wirt County. Its elevation is 679 feet (207 m). Right Reedy Creek is formed at Peewee by the confluence of Enoch Fork and Fulls Fork.
Hughes River Wildlife Management Area is located in Wirt County and Ritchie County near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Located on 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) that border both the Little Kanawha River and the Hughes River. The WMA terrain varies from river bottom to steep hillsides covered with second growth oak-hickory hardwood stands and younger pine-hardwood woodlots.
West Virginia's 4th congressional district is an obsolete district existing from 1883 to 1993. While the district's bounds were changed many times over the years, from the 1940 redistricting to the 1970 redistricting, the district was focused on Huntington and the industrial mill towns north of that city. In the 1970 redistricting, the district focused on Huntington and the rural coal producing areas of southwestern West Virginia. Today most of the last version of the old 4th district is the western half of the current 3rd district.
John Jay Jackson Jr. was an American lawyer, Whig politician, United States District Judge and, later, the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia. He ended his career as the first judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wirt County, West Virginia.
Lucile is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. Lucile is located on West Virginia Route 14 and Reedy Creek, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Reedy.
Sanoma is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. Sanoma lies at the confluence of the Little Kanawha River and Spring Creek, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Elizabeth; County Route 36 passes through the community.
The 1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Evelyn was an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
Two Run is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States.
Wirt County High School (WCHS) is a secondary school located in Elizabeth, West Virginia, United States, that serves grades nine through twelve. It is in Wirt County, West Virginia.
Grant District, formerly Grant Magisterial District, is one of five historic magisterial districts in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The district was originally established as a civil township in 1863, and converted into a magisterial district in 1872. When Jackson County was redistricted in the 1990s, the area of Grant District was included in the new Northern Magisterial District. However, the county's historic magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts, serving all of their former administrative functions except for the election of county officials.
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