Arthur Ingram Boreman was an American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia. Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as the state's first Governor, and a United States senator, as well as represented Wood County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as a circuit judge before and after his federal service.
New Creek is an 18.4-mile-long (29.6 km) stream in eastern West Virginia, United States. It is the third major West Virginia tributary to the North Branch Potomac River. Via the Potomac, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
Three Churches is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The town is located north of Romney along Jersey Mountain Road at a crossroads with Three Churches Hollow Road. Originally known as Jersey Mountain, Three Churches was renamed for the three historic white wooden churches located there: Mount Bethel Church, Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, and Branch Mountain United Methodist Church. The Three Churches Post Office is no longer in service.
Shanks is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Shanks community has a population of 806.
Wappocomo is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is located south of Springfield on West Virginia Route 28 at Hanging Rocks along the South Branch Potomac River. Wappocomo has also historically been referred to as The Rocks, Wapocoma, and Wapocomo.
Vanderlip is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vanderlip is located west of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad. At times the community was referred to as West Romney Station, while its post office used the name Vanderlip, after a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad executive. The "heart" of Vanderlip is centered between Vanderlip Drive and Ozark Hill Road.
Blaine is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. It lies near the intersection of the North Branch Potomac River and West Virginia Route 42.
Upper Tract is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States.
Barnum is an unincorporated community and coal town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Barnum lies on the North Branch Potomac River along a line of the Western Maryland Railroad no longer in operation. Barnum has excellent trout fishing along its banks and offers many opportunities for anglers.
Asco is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Asco was originally known as Atlantic. The current name derives from the American Smokeless Coal Company (ASCO). It lies at the end of a line of the Norfolk and Western Railroad in Davy Branch hollow.
Malden — originally called Kanawha Salines — is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, within the Charleston metro area.
Saulsville is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States that has a population of about 140. Saulsville is where Twin Falls State Park is located. Saulsville has a gas station and is also home to the Wyoming County branch of Southern West Virginia Community College, a Logan County based 2 year community college.
Missouri Branch is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Missouri Branch is located on West Virginia Route 152, 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Fort Gay.
Dry Branch is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Dry Branch is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of East Bank, along Cabin Creek. Dry Branch has a post office with ZIP code 25061.
Twin Branch is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Twin Branch is 1 mile (1.6 km) west-southwest of Davy. It was founded by Henry Ford as a mining community.
Pie is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Pie is located on U.S. Route 52 along Pigeon Creek; the community lies along the road for 3 miles (4.8 km), from Horsepen Mountain to Grants Branch. According to Pie's 1933 postmaster, the community was named for Leander Blankenship, a resident "who really like[d] pie, regardless of kind".
Long Branch is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Long Branch is located near the West Virginia Turnpike, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northwest of Pax. Long Branch had a post office, which closed on October 3, 1998.
Island Branch is an unincorporated community located in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Packs Branch is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also called O'Neals.
Loop Creek, also known by the spelling Loup Creek, is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 20 miles (32 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 49.6 square miles (128 km2) in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
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