At this time the region was still a part of Monongalia County, Virginia.

* Monongalia County and Marion County ( east )

* Monongalia County ( north )

It was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.

Monongalia County, known locally as Mon County, is a county located in the U. S. state of West Virginia.

Monongalia County is in magenta.

Monongalia County was formed in 1776 when Virginia's remote District of West Augusta was divided into three counties: Ohio, Yohogania and Monongalia, all named for their most prominent rivers.

Monongalia County encompassed what are now the counties of Tucker, Randolph, Harrison and Barbour in north-central West Virginia, as well as parts of what are now Washington, Greene and Fayette Counties in Pennsylvania.

In 1780, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson gave the militia enrollment of what was then the vast Monongalia County at 1, 000 troops.

In 1776 part of western Augusta County, an area also known as the District of West Augusta, became Monongalia County, Ohio County, and Yohogania County ( abolished in 1786 ).

* Monongalia County, West Virginia ( south )

* Monongalia County, West Virginia ( southwest )

The first white settlement in present-day Barbour County was established about 3 miles downriver from the future site of Philippi in 1780, at which time the area was still part of western Virginia and included within Monongalia County.

Thomas Nutter had received a land grant for 1, 400 acres ( 5. 7 km² ) of land along Elk Creek in what was then Monongalia County.

* Established in 1820 as Middletown, then in Monongalia County, it was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1843 as Fairmont, a contraction of " Fair Mountain ".

Baker apparently bought out his partners and, in turn, sold the parcel to James Hanway, a surveyor living in Monongalia County, who parceled the land and began selling it.

Blacksville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

In an apparent effort to strengthen its political control of the area, in November 1776 Virginia reorganized the District of West Augusta into three counties: Ohio County, Monongalia County, and Yohogania County.

The name Monongalia may be a misspelling of Monongahela.

Morgantown was established by an act reading as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly that of land, the property of Zackquill Morgan, lying in the county of Monongalia shall be — laid out in lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets which shall be established as a town by the name of " Morgans Town ".

Glasscock was born in Monongalia County, West Virginia and graduated from West Virginia University.

Nicholas Decker, the first settler to establish a settlement in the vicinity of what is now Morgantown, on 29 April 1781, surveyed for Zackquill Morgan assignee of Isaac Lemasters, of land in Monongalia County, on Deckers Creek and the Monongahela River, including his settlement thereon in the year 1772, agreeable to and in part of a certificate for from the commissioners of adjusting claims to unpatented lands in the county of Monongalia — James Chew, assisted Mr. James Madison, surveyor.

Category: People from Monongalia County, West Virginia

It then flows through an impressive gorge — Cheat Canyon — northeastwardly from Albright, collecting Big Sandy Creek before entering Monongalia County, where a hydro-electric dam just south of the Pennsylvania border causes it to widen as the Cheat Lake reservoir.

On January 18, the Assembly authorized the second ferry in Monongalia County from the forge location of Samuel Jackson to Charles Magill property.

( Greene County, formed in 1796 from Washington, does not include any territory once claimed by Yohogania but was once claimed by Ohio and Monongalia counties.

On June 20, 1863, both Brooke and Hancock, as well as Ohio and Monongalia ( and the counties since formed from Ohio and Monongalia ) became part of the new state of West Virginia.

Dennis Dorsey of Monongalia County called for permanent and decisive separation from eastern Virginia.

The word Monongalia is a Latinized version of the Native American word Monongahela, which means " falling banks ", in reference to the geological instability of the river's banks.

Monongalia County and the town of Monongah in West Virginia, and Monongahela in Pennsylvania are named after the river.

A courthouse record says: " John Madison assee of Nicholas Decker is intitled to Four Hundred acres of land in Monongalia County on the Monona River to include his settlement made thereon in the year 1766 and prior to any settlement made near the same.

Another act in 1806 authorized to conduct a lottery to fund the construction of a toll bridge across Cheat River near Dunker Bottom in Monongalia County.

Map of Ohio, Monongalia, & Yohogania Counties circa 1776.

Mountaineer Council services the counties of Monongalia, Marion, Preston, and Taylor.

Brookhaven is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Cassville is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Cheat Lake is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Granville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Star City is a small town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, in the United States.

Westover is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Many small cities in Northern Michigan and Door County, Wisconsin are centered on a tourist base that takes advantage of the beauty and recreational opportunities offered by Lake Michigan.

* 1850 – The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, led by Nathaniel Lyon.

* 1921 – Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork.

The Douglas County, Kansas | Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, the town where much of " The Day After " takes place.

* Island County Fair, which takes place the third weekend of August, includes rides, food, and animal shows.

The border then takes a sharp turn around the tip of Rabun County, at latitude 35 ° N, though from this point it diverges slightly south ( due to inaccuracies in the original survey ).

Other major routes include the country routes of route 5 near in Elkhurst, Triplett Ridge, from Clay to Widen, Summer Fork Roane Road, which takes you to Wallback and Grannies Creek in Roane County, and Queen Shoals Road ( Queen Road ) which starts in the small town of Queen Shoals in Kanawha County, and ends in Indore, Clay County.

The film mainly takes place in rural York County, South Carolina and depicts the story of an American swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened.

* Newport, CA, where the popular TV series The OC takes place ( loosely based on the non-fictional Orange County, California city of Newport Beach ).

Every January, the Manatee County Fair takes place at the fairgrounds.

The historic Pulaski Skyway takes US 1 / 9 into Jersey City, and the route exits the freeway at Tonnele Circle to head north into Bergen County.

The main story takes place in Walton's Mountain, a fictional town at the foot of a mountain in fictitious Jefferson County, Virginia.

Jance's Joanna Brady mystery series takes place in Cochise County, with Brady being the sheriff.

Part of the 1996 film Black Sheep takes place ( but not filmed ) in Garfield County.

Tourism takes a variety of different forms in Wythe County.

Oconee County takes its name from the Cherokee word " Ae-quo-nee " meaning " land beside the water.

Roger Mills County takes its name from Roger Q.

* The Union County town of Marshville is the site of the Boll Weevil Festival, an annual street fair and carnival that takes place every fall.

LaRue County is home to the annual Lincoln Days celebration, which takes place on the first full weekend of each October.

Scarlett is a sequel to Gone with the Wind, also and also takes place briefly in Clayton County.