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Point Pleasant, Ohio. Coordinates: 38°53′40″N 84°14′02″W. Location of Point Pleasant, Ohio. Point Pleasant is a small unincorporated community in southern Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Ohio River, around 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Cincinnati. U.S. Route 52 passes through Point Pleasant ...
Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, United States, [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,101 at the 2020 census. [3] It is the principal city of the Point Pleasant micropolitan area extending into Ohio.
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park is located at the confluence of the Kanawha River and the Ohio River in downtown Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The park commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant, fought between the settler militia of Virginia and the forces of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk on October 10, 1774. The militia victory by the settlers weakened the ...
Silver Bridge. The Silver Bridge was an eyebar -chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
The Kanawha River (/ kəˈnɔːə / kə-NAW-ə) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century. It is formed at the town of Gauley Bridge in ...
1553735 [3] Apple Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, on the Ohio River located along West Virginia Route 2. Apple Grove lies just south of Gallipolis Ferry. As of the 2010 census, its population was 204. [2] It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV– OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Rio Grande was established on July 6, 1874. The name of Rio Grande was chosen to commemorate the Mexican–American War. [5]Despite Gallia County being named for its original French settlers, [6] Welsh immigrants began to arrive to the area in 1818, and during the 1830s and 1840s, more than 3,000 more arrived from the parishes of Pennant, Tregaron, Llangeitho, Trefilan, Llangwyryfon, and ...
November 19, 1974. The Clarke Farm Site is an ancient archaeological site in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near Point Pleasant in Clermont County, [1] it is a heavily stratified site, with nearly 8,000 years of occupation. Excavations at the site have yielded a large number of artifacts, including bones, chert ...