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  Weese Location within the state of West Virginia  Weese Weese (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°53′5″N79°42′37″W / 38.88472°N 79.71028°W Coordinates: 38°53′5″N79°42′37″W / 38.88472°N 79.71028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Randolph |
| Elevation | 2,316 ft (706 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1553400 [1] |
Weese is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,405. Its county seat is Elkins. The county was founded in 1787 and is named for Edmund Jennings Randolph.
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 30,163. Its county seat is Chester.
Edmund Jennings Randolph was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the 7th Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was appointed the first United States Attorney General by George Washington and subsequently served as the second Secretary of State during the Washington administration.
Jennings Randolph Lake is a reservoir of 952 acres (3.85 km2) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. It is approximately eight miles upstream of Bloomington, Maryland, and approximately five miles north of Elk Garden, West Virginia.
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district currently stretches from the Ohio River border with Ohio to the Potomac River border with Maryland and the border with Virginia. It includes the capital city of Charleston and the rapidly growing residential communities of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands regions connected by a narrow strip of nearly unpopulated counties. It is 20 miles (32 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long.
The Chestnut Ridge people (CRP) are a mixed-race community concentrated in an area northeast of Philippi, Barbour County in north-central West Virginia, with smaller related communities in the adjacent counties of Harrison and Taylor. They are often referred to as "Mayles", or "Guineas".
Herman Guy Kump was the 19th Governor of West Virginia from 1933 to 1937. In 1907, he married Edna Hall Scott. Usually referred to as H. Guy Kump, he served as the 19th Governor of West Virginia during the Great Depression.
Mary Randolph was an American author, known for writing The Virginia House-Wife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824), one of the most influential housekeeping and cook books of the 19th century. She was the first person known to be buried at what would become known as Arlington National Cemetery.
Normantown is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Left Fork Steer Creek. It lies at an elevation of 741 feet (226 m).
Weese may refer to:
Thomas Randolph, also known as Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe, was the first settler at Tuckahoe, a member of the House of Burgesses, and the second child of William Randolph and Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham and Katherine Isham (Banks).
Canfield is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Canfield is located along U.S. Route 33 and West Virginia Route 55, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east-southeast of Elkins.
Cassity is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Cassity is located at the confluence of the Cassity Fork and the Middle Fork River along County Route 35, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) west of Beverly.
Hazelwood is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Hazelwood is located along the Tygart Valley River on U.S. routes 219 and 250, West Virginia Route 55, and West Virginia Route 92, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Elkins.
Upper Mingo is an unincorporated community in southern Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Upper Mingo is located along the Tygart Valley River on U.S. Route 219 and West Virginia Route 55, 17 miles (27 km) south-southwest of Mill Creek.
Little Italy is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Little Italy is located on Gandy Creek and County Route 29/5, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of Whitmer and 18.5 miles (29.8 km) east-southeast of Elkins.
Weese is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
Randolph is a historically black middle class neighborhood located within the West End of Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood is named in honor of Virginia E. Randolph, a former African-American educator in Henrico County, Virginia during the 19th century. The neighborhood is bounded by the Downtown Expressway to the north, Harrison Street to the east, Colorado Avenue to the south, and South Meadow street to the west. Some famous landmarks and places of interest in the neighborhood include Petronius Park, the Randolph Community Center, and just adjacent to the neighborhood, the Hollywood Cemetery.
The 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 1958, concurrent with a regular election. The election was called due to the death of Senator Matthew M. Neely.
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