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Huntington

West Virginia, United States

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Huntington, city, seat of Cabell county, western West Virginia, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Charleston. Collis P. Huntington, a railroad magnate, proposed building the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s western terminal there in 1869. He purchased land then called Holderby’s Landing, and the city was incorporated in 1871 and renamed Huntington. After the railroad came through in 1873, the town began to prosper. In 1888 the county seat was moved from Barboursville to Huntington. The city lies in a semicircle on broad lowlands and has experienced floods ...(100 of 254 words)

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