Brooke County
Brooke County is located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and has a population of 24,069 (2010 Census). It is one of four counties in West Virginia situated north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The county seat is Follansbee. Brooke County is home to Bethany College and the Grimes Golden Apple.
Major cities in Brooke County include Wellsburg, Follansbee, and Bethany.
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ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
LOCATION: BETHANY, RT 67, APPX ¼ MILE EAST AFTER LEAVING TOWN AND CROSSING OVER BUFFALO CREEK. SITUATED JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE CAMPBELL CEMETERY MARKER.
MARKER WAS MISSING – REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2023
PHOTO #1 IS NEW MARKER – COURTEOUSY OF WVDOH
PHOTO #2 TAKEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
REMAINING PHOTOS OF ORIGINAL MARKER APRIL 2010
GPS:
40* 12’ 26” N, 80* 32’ 52” W
40.207387 N, 80.548035 W
BEECH BOTTOM FORT
LOCATION: BEECH BOTTOM, RT 2 BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AVE AT BEECH BOTTOM TOWN PARK
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 13’ 37” N, 80* 39’10” W
40.226993 N, 80.653034 W
BETHANY / BETHANY COLLEGE
LOCATION: BETHANY, RT 67 APPX ¼ MILE EAST OF RT 88, ON HIGHWAY ALONGSIDE THOMAS PHILLIPS JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 12’ 18” N, 80* 33’ 55” W
40.205278 N, 80.565460 W
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (HISTORY)
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (COLLEGE)
MAIN BUILDING ACCESSED BY COLLEGE STREET FROM RT 67
BETHANY / RICE’S FORT
LOCATION: BETHANY, INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET (RT 67) AND FAIRWAY STREET
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 12’ 18” N, 80* 33’ 26” W
40.205178 N, 80.557417 W
BETHANY CHURCH OF CHRIST
LOCATION: BETHANY, MAIN STREET (RT 67) ON EAST END OF TOWN AT CHURCH STREET, IN YARD OF CHURCH
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 12’ 22” N, 80* 33’ 15” W
40.206331 N, 80.554275 W
NOTE: MARKER IS SITUATED APPX 100 FEET FROM THE HIGHWAY IN THE YARD OF THE CHURCH, PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY TREES (ESPECIALLY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC)
BETHANY TURNPIKE TUNNELS
LOCATION: RT 67, APPX 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLSBURG/ RT 2, SITUATED NEXT TO WAUGH FLOUR MILLS MARKER
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. OLD POSTCARD SHOWS ONE TUNNEL.
GPS:
40* 14’ 26” N, 80* 35’ 52” W
40.240669 N, 80.597804 W
CAMPBELL CEMETERY
LOCATION: BETHANY, RT 67, APPX ¼ MILE EAST AFTER LEAVING TOWN AND CROSSING OVER BUFFALO CREEK. SITUATED JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MARKER.
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. PHOTO #6 SHOWS CAMPBELL FAMILY CRYPT.
GPS:
40*12’ 26” N, 80* 32’ 54” W
40.207266 N, 80.548562 W
NOTE: CEMETERY IS LOCATED APPX 200 YARDS UP PAVED ROAD BY MARKER
CAMPBELL TARR
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, RT 2, APPX 100 FEET NORTH OF 12TH STREET
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 16′ 27″ N, 80* 36′ 32″ W
40.274291 N, 80.609036 W
WV CULTURE BIOGRAPHY (LINK BEING UPDATED)
DELTA TAU DELTA BIRTHPLACE
LOCATION: BETHANY, MAIN STREET (RT 67) APPX 50 YARDS EAST OF COLLEGE STREET
DUE TO PHOTO ERROR, MARKER CLOSE-UP PHOTOS (#1 AND #2) ARE FROM APRIL 2010. MARKER IS IN SIMILAR CONDITION. REMAINING PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021.
GPS:
40* 12’ 19” N, 80* 33’ 25” W
40.205289 N, 80.557140 W
DROVER’S INN
LOCATION: RT 27, APPX 3-1/2 MILES EAST OF WELLSBURG
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 16’ 47” N, 80* 33’ 19” W
40.279811 N, 80.555328 W
FORT DECKER
LOCATION: FOLLANSBEE, MAHAN PARK, MAIN ST
(RT 2) NEAR STATE STREET
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 19’ 26” N, 80* 35’ 42” W
40.323908 N, 80.595180 W
GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSING 1770
LOCATION: FOLLANSBEE, RT 2, APPX 1-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF RT 27A
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 18’ 27” N, 80* 35’ 59” W
40.307734 N, 80.599832 W
WV ARCHIVES AND HISTORY ARTICLE (LINK IS BEING UPDATED)
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/ohio-river-valley/
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0027
GRIMES GOLDEN APPLE
LOCATION: RT 27, APPX 2-1/2 MILES EAST OF WELLSBURG
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 16’ 27” N, 80* 34’ 31” W
40.274204 N, 80.575420 W
NOTE: ENTRANCE TO THE PARK IS APPX 50 YARDS EAST OF MARKER. STEEP AND NARROW ENTRANCE TO PARK. WATERING TROUGH HAS BEEN REMOVED EXCEPT FOR TWO SMALL STONE BLOCKS.
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ISAAC DUVALL AND COMPANY
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, RT 2 JUST SOUTH OF 3RD ST (LOCATED NEXT TO WELLSBURG MARKER AND ISAAC H. DUVALL MARKER)
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. BACK OF MARKER IS NOT ACCESSIBLE DUE TO VEGETATION. SAME INSCRIPTION AS ON THE FRONT.
GPS:
40* 15’ 55” N, 80* 36’ 45” W
40.265347 N, 80.612674 W
CLICK HERE FOR BIOGRAPHY ON WIKIPEDIA
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENT FOR THE MANSION
GLASS HOUSE IS NO LONGER STANDING.
MANSION GPS:
40* 16’ 26” N, 80* 36’ 24” W
40.274090 N, 80.606886 W
ISAAC H. DUVALL
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, RT 2 JUST SOUTH OF 3RD ST (LOCATED NEXT TO WELLSBURG MARKER AND ISAAC DUVALL AND COMPANY MARKER)
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 15’ 55” N, 80* 36’ 45” W
40.265347 N, 80.612674 W
MILLER’S TAVERN
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND 6TH STREET, APPX 2/10 MILE WEST OF COMMERCE STREET (RT 2)
PHOTOS #1 – #2 TAKEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. PHOTOS # 3 – #5 FILE PHOTOS TAKEN IN MARCH 2010.
** MISSING – TAVERN WAS TORN DOWN AND MARKER REMOVED IN 2020 OR 2021 **
GPS:
40* 16’ 09” N, 80* 36’ 50” W
40.269184 N, 80.613939 W
MURPHY AND COW RUN SANDS
LOCATION: RT 2, NORTH OF WELLSBURG, NEAR CROSS CREEK
** MISSING ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 **
GPS:
MISSING – EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN – PLEASE CHECK BACK
PATRICK GASS
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, COMMERCE STREET (RT 2 ) AT 22ND ST
PHOTOS #1 – #2 : JULY 2012
PHOTOS #3 – #4 : DEC 2013
THANKS TO MIKE WINTERMANTEL FOR SUBMITTING PHOTOS FROM HIS FILES OF ORIGINAL MARKER
** MARKER WAS MISSING – NOW REFURBISHED AND REPLACED (SEPT 2023) **
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR NEW PHOTOS
GPS:
40* 17’ 05” N, 80* 36’ 29” W
40.284800 N, 80.608250 W
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
LOCATION: RT 27A (ELDERSVILLE ROAD), APPX 4 MILES EAST OF RT 2 JUNCTION AND FOLLANSBEE
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS: 40* 20’ 57” N, 80* 32’ 55” W
40.349292 N, 80.548824 W
TOLLGATE HOUSE
LOCATION: RT 27, APPX 4-1/2 MILES EAST OF WELLSBURG, AT ENTRANCE TO BROOKE HILLS PARK
PHOTOS #1 – #4 TAKEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. PHOTOS #5 – #8 FILE PHOTOS TAKEN IN APRIL 2010.
** MISSING ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 – HOUSE TORN DOWN AND MARKER REMOVED **
GPS:
40* 16’ 19” N, 80* 32’ 19” W
40.272147 N, 80.538765 W
VILLAGE OF POWER /
WINDSOR POWER PLANT
LOCATION: RT 2, APPX 1-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF BEECH BOTTOM, APPX 2 MILES NORTH OF OHIO COUNTY LINE
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 12′ 18″ N, 80* 39′ 37″ W
40.205178 N, 80.660335 W
WAUGH FLOUR MILLS
LOCATION: RT 67, APPX 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLSBURG/ RT 2, SITUATED NEXT TO BETHANY TURNPIKE TUNNELS MARKER
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 14’ 26” N, 80* 35’ 52” W
40.240669 N, 80.597804 W
WELLSBURG
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, RT 2 JUST SOUTH OF 3RD ST (LOCATED NEXT TO ISAAC DUVALL AND COMPANY MARKER AND ISAAC H. DUVALL MARKER)
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 15’ 55” N, 80* 36’ 45” W
40.265431 N, 80.612624 W
WELLSBURG WHARF
LOCATION: WELLSBURG, MAIN STREET, JUST SOUTH OF 6TH STREET ALONG SHORE OF OHIO RIVER
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 16’08” N, 80* 36’ 51” W
40.268911 N, 80.614312 W
WEST VIRGINIA FLYING CORPS
LOCATION: RT 2, JUST NORTH OF BEECH BOTTOM, APPX 3 MILES SOUTH OF WELLSBURG RT 2 / RT 67 JUNCTION
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 14′ 03″ N, 80* 39′ 09″ W
40.234206 N, 80.652525 W
WV PUBLIC BROADCASTING ARTICLE
BROOKE COUNTY /
HANCOCK COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 2, DOWNTOWN WEIRTON, APPX 100 FEET NORTH OF MARYLAND AVE
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
GPS:
40* 23’ 53” N, 80* 35’ 30”W
40.398086 N, 80.591885 W
BROOKE COUNTY / OHIO
LOCATION: OLD FT STEUBEN BRIDGE, RT 22, WEIRTON
** MISSING – OLD BRIDGE WAS DEMOLISHED – ROAD CLOSED **
GPS: (APPROXIMATE)
40* 22’ 57” N, 80* 36’ 37” W
40.382621 N, 80.610281 W
WV (BROOKE COUNTY)/
PENNSYLVANIA
LOCATION: RT 27, APPX 8 MILES EAST OF WELLSBURG
PHOTOS 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
** MISSING ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 **
GPS:
40* 15’ 25” N, 80* 31’ 08” W
40.256962 N, 80.519030 W
WV (BROOKE COUNTY) /
PENNSYLVANIA
LOCATION: RT 67. EAST OF BETHANY APPX 3 MILES TO POINT WHERE ROAD NARROWS (NO MARKINGS)
GPS:
40* 11’ 45” N, 80* 31’ 08” W
40.196065 N, 80.519075 W
MISSING – NO STATE LINE SIGNS AT LOCATION
BROOKE COUNTY /
OHIO COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 2 AT SHORT CREEK, SOUTH END OF SHORT CREEK BRIDGE.
GPS:
40* 10’ 58” N, 80* 40’ 36” W
40.182798 N, 80.676869 W
BROOKE COUNTY /
OHIO COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 88 APPX 3 MILES SOUTH OF BETHANY
** MISSING ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 – UNABLE TO STOP FOR PHOTO DUE TO TRAFFIC AND LACK OF PARKING **
GPS:
40* 10’ 26” N, 80* 34’ 55” W
40.173957 N, 80.582137 W
MISSING – PLEASE CHECK BACK