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    Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers...
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  • West Virginia University at Parkersburg, abbreviated WVUP and WVU Parkersburg, is a public community college in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Although it...
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    as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy...
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    Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in West Virginia, anchored by the cities of Parkersburg and Vienna. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a...
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    West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg...
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    The Parkersburg Carnegie Library is a historic library building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed and built in 1905,...
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    Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The bridge is an alternate route to access U.S. Route 50 in Ohio from central Parkersburg. While some internal...
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    Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a three-story, 18 bay, brick...
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    Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1915, and is a three-story, three-bay...
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    Priory Church, is a historic church at 946 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, brick and stone...
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    The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans:...
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    also known as the Greater Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce, is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1888, and...
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    Kim Caldwell (category Sportspeople from Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    II National Championship. Caldwell played high school basketball at Parkersburg South High School under her father, Scott Stephens. As a collegiate player...
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    Greasy Neale (category Sportspeople from Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    baseball player and coach. Neale was born on November 5, 1891, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Although writers eventually assumed that Neale got his nickname...
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  • Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (category People from Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    Rathbone was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Ida Virginia (née Welch) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone. He graduated from Parkersburg High School in...
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  • Dark Waters (2019 film) (category Films set in West Virginia)
    reported by Mariah Blake, whose 2015 article "Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia" was a National Magazine Award finalist, and Sharon Lerner, whose...
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  • population Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city Huntington Morgantown Parkersburg Weirton Wheeling Martinsburg Fairmont...
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  • Thumbnail for Case House (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    Case House was a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It was built about 1901, and was a 2½-story brick dwelling...
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    Elks Club was a historic clubhouse building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect William Howe Patton and built...
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  • Brenton Strange (category Sportspeople from Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    was born on December 27, 2000, in Eden, North Carolina. He attended Parkersburg High School, where he had 57 receptions for 938 yards and 12 touchdowns...
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    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...
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    Cook House is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1825, and consists of a center section with two flanking...
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    Parkersburg High School (PHS) is a secondary school located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. It serves grades nine through twelve, and is...
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  • South Parkersburg is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System:...
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    Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Records indicate that Episcopal services were conducted...
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    WTAP-TV (category Television stations in Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    WTAP-TV (channel 15) is a television station in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside...
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  • Mister Bee Potato Chips (category Manufacturing companies based in West Virginia)
    American brand of potato chips produced in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the only potato chip manufacturer in West Virginia. Founded in 1951 by Leo and Sara Klein...
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    Paul Dooley (category Military personnel from Parkersburg, West Virginia)
    Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Ruth Irene (née Barringer), a homemaker, and Pete James Brown, a factory worker. He has said that Parkersburg had...
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    The Parkersburg News and Sentinel is the primary newspaper in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The newspaper was formed by the merger of the previously separate...
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    partner at the firm in 1998. Bilott represented Wilbur Tennant of Parkersburg, West Virginia, whose cattle were dying. The farm was downstream from a landfill...
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