Ohio River town at the mouth of the Little Kanawha
Parkersburg lies where the Little Kanawha River joins the Ohio River, served by Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport across the state line. Blennerhassett Island sits in the river just downstream.
Settled in the late 1700s, the town grew on river commerce, oil and gas. Blennerhassett Island was the setting of the early-1800s Burr conspiracy and is now a state historical park.
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