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Ravenswood is located at (38.952922, -81.761357), [15] along the Ohio River at the mouth of Sandy [ 16 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.90 square miles (4.92 km 2 ), of which 1.83 square miles (4.74 km 2 ) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2 ) is water.
Thus, the 9th West Virginia and 13th Kentucky militia (rather than the 11th West Virginia) defended Ravenswood during the victory at the Battle of Buffington Island which ended the raiding of CSA Major General John Hunt Morgan (although Morgan would surrender 8 days later after further defeat at the Battle of Salineville).
Ravenswood District, formerly Ravenswood Magisterial District, is one of five historic magisterial districts in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.The district was originally known as Gilmore Township, one of five civil townships established in 1863; the name officially became "Ravenswood" in 1871, and Jackson County's townships were converted into magisterial districts in 1872.
In July 1863, the Battle of Buffington Island near Ravenswood became the only naval action in West Virginia. The 9th West Virginia supported the tinclad and ironclad naval vessels, and they and Union forces across the Ohio River captured 1700 Confederates and set the stage for the capture of CSA Major General John Hunt Morgan and ended his ...
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
The people listed below were born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Ravenswood, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Ravenswood, West Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
WMOV (1360 kHz) is a news/talk/sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Ravenswood, West Virginia, serving Ravenswood and Ripley in Jackson County, West Virginia. WMOV is owned and operated by Vandalia Media Partners, LLC. The station is unrelated to Norfolk, Virginia’s WMOV-FM "MOViN' 107-7", owned by iHeartMedia.