Parkersburg is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's fourth-most populous city an
Downtown Parkersburg as viewed from Fort Boreman Historical Park in 2006
Parkersburg Municipal Building
Bureau of the Fiscal Service office
West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast,
Parkersburg, West Virginia
…Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg Location within West Virginia Parkersburg Location within the United States Coordinates: Country United States State West Virginia County Wood Incorporated 1810 Government • Mayor Tom Joyce (R) Area • City 12.33 sq mi (31.94 km2) • Land 11.78 sq mi (30.52 km2) • Water 0.55 sq mi…
Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia
Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia.
Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876)
Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote