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   Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture.

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   Moundsville is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan area. The population was 8,093 at the 2020 census. [1] It is the county seat of Marshall County.

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   What county is Moundsville in?

   • Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture.

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   How did Moundsville get its name?

   • The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture. In 1771, English colonists Samuel and James Tomlinson built a cabin at what later became Moundsville, although they did not overwinter, and in fact left for several years after attacks by Native Americans.

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   Where is Moundsville Ohio located?

   • Moundsville, the county seat of Marshall County, is located on the Ohio River at the mouth of Grave Creek. Joseph, Samuel, and James Tomlinson built the first cabin on the flats of Grave Creek in 1771. In 1798, Joseph Tomlinson laid out lots in a tract named Elizabethtown, in honor of his wife, Elizabeth Harkness Tomlinson.

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   When did Moundsville become Mound City?

   • The first town in what became Marshall County, Elizabethtown (which would later become Moundsville), was established in 1798 and named for Joseph Tomlinson's wife. In 1831 a second community, Mound City, was established across Grave Creek, which ultimately joined with the first and jointly became known as Moundsville.

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4. www.nps.gov › places › moundsville-wvMoundsville, West Virginia - U.S. National Park Service

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   Dec 30, 2021 · The city of Moundsville, West Virginia, began as a small cabin built in 1771 by two English settlers, Samuel and James Tomlinson. Eventually, the settlement that grew up around the site was incorporated into a town, then known as Elizabethtown, in 1830.

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   Feb 21, 2023 · Moundsville was named for Grave Creek Mound, built by Adena Indians between 250 B.C. and 150 B.C. The largest earthen, conical burial mound in North America, Grave Creek Mound is 240 feet in diameter and 62 feet high.

6. wvtourism.com › town-guide-moundsvilleTown guide: Moundsville - Almost Heaven - West Virginia

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   Sep 14, 2023 · Town guide: Moundsville - Almost Heaven - West Virginia. Down-home comforts and fascinating historical attractions are just 2 reasons you should visit this Ohio River town. Dining. Bob’s Lunch serves comfort food at its finest and most unpretentious.