Cabell County

Cabell County is located along the border with Ohio in south-west West Virginia. The 2010 population was 96,319.  The county seat is Huntington, home to Marshall University.  The largest employers are health services, education, retail, oil/gas, and manufacturing.  It is home to the annual WV Pumpkin Festival. 

 

Major cities in Cabell County include Huntington, Barboursville, and Milton.

 

https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/792 

 

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B&O RAILROAD DEPOT /

HERITAGE VILLAGE

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, 11 STREET BETWEEN 3RD AVENUE AND VETERANS’ MEMORIAL BOULEVARD (RT 60)

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 24″ N, 82* 26′ 26″ W

38.423361 N, 82.440821 W

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BARBOURSVILLE

LOCATION: BARBOURSVILLE, AT INTERSECTION OF WATER STREET, MAIN STREET, AND FARMDALE ROAD, APPX 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF RT 60

PHOTOS 23 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 36″ N, 82* 17′ 43″ W

38.410174 N, 82.295424 W

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BARBOURSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL

LOCATION: BARBOURSVILLE, AT JUNCTION OF WATER STREET, MAIN STREET, AND FARMDALE ROAD, APPX 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF RT 60

** MISSING 23 MAY 2023 **

FACILITY IS NOW WV VETERANS’ HOME

PHOTOS 23 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 37″ N, 82* 17′ 44″ W

38.410315 N, 82.295746 W

ASYLUM PROJECTS SITE


BATTLE OF BARBOURSVILLE

LOCATION: BARBOURSVILLE, RT 60 ON EAST END OF BRIDGE OVER MUD RIVER, AT CORNER OF WATER STREET

PHOTOS 23 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 56″ N, 82* 17′ 41″ W

38.415664 N, 82.294727 W

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THE BRYAN FAMILY

LOCATION: RT 60, APPX 1 MILE WEST OF ONA, APPX 3/4 MILE EAST OF BLUE SULPHUR ROAD

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

CEMETERY LOCATED APPX 2 MILES NORTH-WEST ON HOWELLS MILL ROAD. AT ONA, FOLLOW ROAD WEST UNDER I-64 APPX 1/2 MILE AND WATCH FOR SMALL SIGN ON LEFT TO YATESMONT CEMETERY. FOLLOW NARROW ROAD 1/4 MILE TO HOUSE ON RIGHT. CEMETERY IS ON YOUR LEFT APPX 100 YARDS.

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 04″ N, 82* 13′ 42″ W

38.417879 N, 82.228318 W


BURNING OF GUYANDOTTE /

RAID ON GUYANDOTTE

LOCATION: GUYANDOTTE SECTION OF HUNTINGTON (EAST), MAIN STREET AT HAGAN STREET 2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF BRIDGE STREET (RT 2), ACROSS FROM VFW HALL.

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 43″ N, 82* 23′ 19″ W

38.428774 N, 82.388824 W

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CARTER GODWIN WOODSON

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, HAL GREER BOULEVARD BETWEEN 9TH AVE AND ARTISAN AVE

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 57″ N, 82* 25′ 47″ W

38.416042 N, 82.429795 W

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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO 1308

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, CORNER OF WEST 14TH STREET AND MEMORIAL BOULEVARD AT HUNTINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM, 7 BLOCKS SOUTH OF RT 60

PHOTOS 23 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 18″ N, 82* 28′ 37″ W

38.405241 N, 82.476999 W

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ELK RIVER COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY #10 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND VETERANS’ MEMORIAL BOULEVARD (RT 60) , NEXT TO JOHN HUNT OLEY MARKER

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 25″ N, 82* 26′ 27″ W

38.423678 N, 82.440940 W

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GENERAL JENKINS

LOCATION: RT 2, GREENBOTTOM WMA, APPX 17 MILES NORTH-EAST OF MARSHALL UNIVERSITY, AT HOMESTEAD ROAD TURNOFF

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

HOME IS LOCATED APPX 200 YARDS WEST OF MARKER, ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS

GPS:

38* 35′ 08″ N, 82* 14′ 52″ W

38.585728 N, 82.247986 W

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GRANVILLE PARKER

LOCATION: GUYANDOTTE SECTION OF HUNTINGTON (EAST), GUYAN STREET BETWEEN 5TH AVE AND BRIDGE STREET (RT 2), LOCATED NEXT TO HISTORIC CARROLL HOUSE MARKER

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 43″ N, 82* 23′ 24″ W

38.428849 N, 82.390261 W

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GUYANDOTTE

LOCATION: GUYANDOTTE SECTION OF HUNTINGTON (EAST), BRIDGE STREET (RT 2), 4 BLOCKS EAST OF GUYANDOTTE RIVER BRIDGE, NEXT TO JOHN S. WITCHER MARKER

** MARKER WAS DAMAGED BY SCHOOL BUS, REPLACED, AND THEN DAMAGED AGAIN BY A HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE. **

CURRENT PHOTOS (#1-2) TAKEN 22 MAY 2023

ARCHIVE PHOTOS OF MARKER (#3-4) TAKEN SEPTEMBER 2009

GPS:

38* 25′ 46″ N, 82* 23′ 15″ W

38.429560 N, 82.387522 W

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HARSHBARGER CORNER

LOCATION: MILTON, RT 60 AT CORNER OF BILL BLENKO DRIVE AND ENTRANCE TO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 26′ 03″ N, 82* 07′ 57″ W

38.434291 N, 82.132709 W


HISTORIC CARROLL HOUSE

LOCATION: GUYANDOTTE SECTION OF HUNTINGTON (EAST), GUYAN STREET BETWEEN 5TH AVE AND BRIDGE STREET (RT 2), LOCATED NEXT TO GRANVILLE PARKER MARKER

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 43″ N, 82* 23′ 25″ W

38.428758 N, 82.390280 W

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HUNTINGTON

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, 5TH AVE (RT 60) BETWEEN 7TH STREET AND 8TH STREET, IN FRONT OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 08″ N, 82* 26′ 45″ W

38.419070 N, 82.445967 W

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HUNTINGTON MINE RESCUE CAR

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN 9TH STREET AND 10TH STREET

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

MINE RESCUE CAR NOT AT LOCATION

GPS:

38* 25′ 00″ N, 82* 26′ 30″ W

38.416740 N, 82.441845 W


HUNTINGTON STATE HOSPITAL

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, JUNCTION OF NORWAY AVENUE AND 20TH STREET, JUST NORTH OF SPRING HILL CEMETERY

** MISSING 24 MAY 2023 **

MARKER COULD NOT BE FOUND – PHOTO OF HOSPITAL TAKEN 24 MAY 2023. MARKER SHOULD BE NEXT TO MARSHALL MEMORIAL BLVD (#2) IN BACKGROUND OF PHOTO #2.

GPS:

38* 24′ 50″ N, 82* 25′ 11″ W

38.413997 N, 82.419858 W

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JAMES RIVER COMPANY

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, N/E CORNER OF RT 60 (5TH AVENUE) AND 6TH STREET

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 07″ N, 82* 26′ 54″ W

38.418636 N, 82.387518 W

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JOHN HUNT OLEY

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND VETERANS’ MEMORIAL BOULEVARD (RT 60), NEXT TO ELK RIVER COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY #10 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MARKER

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 25″ N, 82* 26′ 27″ W

38.423788 N, 82.440986 W

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JOHN S. WITCHER

LOCATION: GUYANDOTTE SECTION OF HUNTINGTON (EAST), BRIDGE STREET (RT 2), 4 BLOCKS EAST OF GUYANDOTTE RIVER BRIDGE, NEXT TO GUYANDOTTE MARKER

** MISSING 22 MAY 2023 – WAS DAMAGED BY HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE **

PHOTO 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 46″ N, 82* 23′ 15″ W

38.429571 N, 82.387618 W

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LAVINIA NORMAN, FOUNDER,

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, CORNER OF 10TH AVENUE AND DOUGLAS STREET, 1 BLOCK WEST OF HAL GREER BLVD

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL IS NEXT TO MARKER

GPS:

38* 24′ 51″ N, 82* 25′ 50″ W

38.414299 N, 82.430775 W

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MARSHALL MEMORIAL BOULEVARD (#1)

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, JUNCTION OF NORWAY AVENUE AND 20TH STREET, JUST NORTH OF SPRING HILL CEMETERY

PHOTO 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 49″ N, 82* 25′ 10″ W

38.413847 N, 82.419719 W


MARSHALL MEMORIAL BOULEVARD (#2)

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, 20TH STREET, JUST NORTH OF RT 60 (3RD AVENUE) AND MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL STADIUM

PHOTO 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 32″ N, 82* 25′ 24″ W

38.425759 N, 82.423428 W


MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

(#1 OF 2)

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, S/W CORNER OF 3RD AVENUE (RT 60) AND 18TH STREET

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 29″ N, 82* 25′ 36″ W

38.424860 N, 82.426827 W

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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

(#2 OF 2)

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, HAL GREEN BLVD (RT 10) BETWEEN 3RD AVE AND 4TH AVE

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 23″ N, 82* 25′ 54″ W

38.423299 N, 82.431783 W

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MUD RIVER COVERED BRIDGE

LOCATION: MILTON, CR 25 (JAMES RIVER TURNPIKE ROAD) AT PUMPKIN WAY ENTRANCE TO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 38″ N, 82* 08′ 03″ W

38.427243 N, 82.134202 W

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OLD TOLL HOUSE

LOCATION: BARBOURSVILLE, MAIN STREET, APPX 6/10 MILE SOUTH OF RT 60 VIA FARMDALE ROAD

PHOTO 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 32″ N, 82* 17′ 36″ W

38.408956 N, 82.293562 W


ONE ROOM SCHOOL MUSEUM

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, 17TH STREET BETWEEN RT 60 (5TH AVENUE) AND COLLEGE AVENUE.

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 25′ 21″ N, 82* 25′ 39″ W

38.422531 N, 82.427538 W


SALT ROCK

LOCATION: SALT ROCK, SALT ROCK COMMUNITY PARK, APPX 1/2 MILE NORTH OF RT 10 ON CR 45 (ROACH ROAD), APPX 100 YARDS WEST OF CR 45 NEXT TO BASEBALL FIELD

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 20′ 42″ N, 82* 14′ 22″ W

38.345157 N, 82.239566 W


SAVAGE GRANT

LOCATION: RT 2, NEAR LESAGE (APPX)

** MISSING ON 22 MAY 2023 **

GPS: (APPX)

38* 30′ 17″ N, 82* 17′ 53″ W

38.504811 N, 82.298315 W

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SPRING HILL CEMETERY /

WAR BETWEEN THE STATES GENERALS

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, NORWAY AVENUE, ACROSS FROM HUNTINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ROAD, NEAR ENTRANCE TO CEMETERY

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 39″ N, 82* 24′ 47″ W

38.411006 N, 82.413118 W


UNION BAPTIST CHURCH

LOCATION: MILTON, JAMES RIVER TURNPIKE ROAD (CR 25), APPX 1 MILE EAST OF ENTRANCE TO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

NOTE: JUST INSIDE THE NEW FRONT ENTRANCE, THE OLD EXTERIOR WALL SHOWS SCARS FROM CIVIL WAR.

GPS:

38* 25′ 22″ N, 82* 07′ 04″ W

38.422823 N, 82.117945 W


WEST VIRGINIA

COLORED CHILDREN’S HOME

LOCATION: HUNTINGTON, RT 60, APPX 1-1/2 MILES WEST OF I-64 EXIT 15, APPX 2 MILES SOUTH OF 3RD AVENUE VIA 31ST STREET

(NOTE: MARKER MAY BE HIDDEN IN BUSHES)

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 38″ N, 82* 22′ 30″ W

38.410707 N, 82.375084 W

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WOODY WILLIAMS BRIDGE

LOCATION: BARBOURSVILLE, RT 60 AT RT 193 (BIG BEN BOWEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY), APPX 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF I-64 EXIT 18

PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 57″ N, 82* 17′ 24″ W

38.415871 N, 82.290151 W

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CABELL COUNTY /

LINCOLN COUNTY

LOCATION: RT 10, APPX 1-1/2 MILES EAST OF ROCK SALT

** MISSING ON 22 MAY 2023 **

GPS:

38* 19′ 03″ N, 82* 11′ 54″ W

38.317775 N, 82.198538 W


CABELL COUNTY /

MASON COUNTY

LOCATION: RT 2, JUST NORTH-EAST OF GREEN BOTTOM WMA

** MISSING ON 22 MAY 2023 **

GPS:

38* 35′ 11″ N, 82* 12′ 36″ W

38.586393 N, 82.210154 W


CABELL COUNTY /

PUTNAM COUNTY

LOCATION: RT 60, CULLODEN, APPX 200 YARDS EAST OF VIRGINIA AVENUE

** MISSING ON 22 MAY 2023 **

GPS:

38* 25′ 11″ N, 82* 03′ 10″ W

38.419856 N, 82.052810 W


CABELL COUNTY /

WAYNE COUNTY

LOCATION: RT 60, APPX 1 MILE WEST OF RT 52 BRIDGE TO OHIO, APPX 2 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN PARK

PHOTOS 24 MAY 2023

GPS:

38* 24′ 22″ N, 82* 30′ 02″ W

38.406359 N, 82.500698 W


CABELL COUNTY /

WEST VIRGINIA

LOCATION: ???? LISTED AS R527 (OR RT 52) AND 6TH STREET

** STATUS UNKNOWN **

GPS:

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