Belpre, Ohio
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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. Its name derives from "Belle Prairie", the name given to the valley by French trappers prior to the first American settlement at the site.
The Captain Jonathan Stone House (1799) is the oldest existing building in Belpre.
Farmer's Castle fortification at Belpre during the Northwest Indian War
Marietta, Ohio
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Marietta is a city in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, Marietta has a population of 13,385 people. It is the principal city of the Marietta micropolitan area, which includes all of Washington County, and is the second-largest city in the Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna combined statistical area.
Downtown Marietta, with Muskingum River in foreground, and Ohio River in background right
Muskingum River near its mouth in downtown Marietta
Campus Martius fort at Marietta, with conical Great Mound visible in background to right of tree
Picketed Point stockade at Marietta