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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.
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Point Pleasant is a city located in West Virginia, United States . Geography. The city is at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. History. Point Pleasant was the place in the Battle of Point Pleasant that took place in October 10, 1774. In culture. The city became popular after Mothman (according to witnesses) appeared.
Jun 7, 2021 · The town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, offers its residents a landscape once claimed for France by a seventeenth-century explorer, a namesake battle site many swear is the first of the Revolutionary War, and a bipedal, humanoid, mothlike creature with glowing eyes. The last of these local treasures is, of course, extraordinary.
Point Pleasant is the county seat of Mason County. The Battle of Point Pleasant was fought on October 10, 1774, a victory for Virginia militia over Shawnee Indians led by Cornstalk. Forts Blair and Randolph occupied the site from 1774; by 1781 settlers were established, and in 1794 the General Assembly of Virginia chartered the town as Point ...
Point Pleasant, city, seat (1804) of Mason county, western West Virginia, U.S., on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Kanawha River, about 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Huntington. The settlement developed around Fort Blair, built in 1774, and was chartered in 1794. On October 10, 1774, the Battle.
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The Mothman is a legendary creature in American folklore. Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States saw Mothman from November 15, 1966 to December 15, 1967. The first newspaper publication of November 16, 1966 was titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something." [1]
Nov 21, 2023 · Situated at the confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, Point Pleasant has long been an important transportation hub, dating back to colonial times. Many of us know of Point Pleasant as the home of the Mothman — an eerie mythical monster, but there’s much more to this city than just spooky urban legends.
