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Bill Blizzard, labor leader. Julia Bonds, environmental activist; winner of Goldman Prize. Belle Boyd, espionage agent. James Caudy, frontiersman and early settler of present day West Virginia. Larry Gibson, environmental activist; founder of Keeper of the Mountains Foundation. Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln; distant cousin of Tom Hanks.
Bob Huggins – former head coach of the West Virginia University men's basketball team and former West Virginia University basketball player. Rodney Clark "Hot Rod" Hundley – former NBA basketball player for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers; first pick in the 1957 NBA draft. Hal Hunter – football coach. Bruce Irvin – Super Bowl ...
People from West Virginia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of West Virginia. This category is for people from the United States state of West Virginia. This category includes people who were identified with the future West Virginia before the partition of Virginia in 1863.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Location of Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia. / 39.43194°N 77.80472°W / 39.43194; -77.80472. Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located in the lower Shenandoah Valley along the Potomac River. Home to Shepherd University, the town's population was ...
Website. charlestownwv.us. Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. [ 5] The population was 6,534 at the 2020 census. The city is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of President George Washington. It is part of the northwestern fringes of the Washington metropolitan ...
Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, and named after pawpaw, [ 5] a wild fruit that grows in abundance throughout this region.
Website. www .cityofspencer .com. Spencer is a city in and the county seat of Roane County, West Virginia, United States. [5] Originally known as "California," Spencer was chartered in 1858, and named after Spencer Roane (1762–1822), a distinguished jurist from Virginia, who served on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and for whom Roane ...
Edmund Dick Taylor (1804–1891) – "Father of the Greenback". Lawrence Taylor (born 1959) – Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker for New York Giants. Peter Taylor (1917–1994) – writer; born in Tennessee, spent most of career teaching at University of Virginia. Tyrod Taylor (born 1989) – quarterback for Buffalo Bills.