Parkersburg: Ohio River Port and Chemical Town
Parkersburg stands at the mouth of the Little Kanawha River where it meets the Ohio. The city was chartered in 1820 and took its name from Alexander Parker, a landowner with a contested claim settled by the Virginia courts. Blennerhassett Island, in the middle of the Ohio River just downstream, is reached by sternwheeler ferry from the city's Point Park and contains a reconstruction of the Blennerhassett Mansion, the original of which served as staging ground for Aaron Burr's 1805 conspiracy to carve a private empire from Spanish territory.
DuPont operated the Washington Works plant on the Ohio River a few miles downstream for decades, producing Teflon and related fluoropolymers. The plant became the subject of extensive litigation over PFOA contamination in drinking water across Wood County and into Ohio. DuPont spinoff Chemours now runs the facility, which remains one of the largest industrial employers in the region.
The City Building downtown, the Oil and Gas Museum on Third Street, and the Julia-Ann Square Historic District preserve parts of the nineteenth-century townscape. Wood County Courthouse dates to 1901. The Parkersburg South High School football rivalry with Parkersburg High is one of the oldest in the state.
Escort websites operating in the Parkersburg area are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The platform serves as a directory only. It does not arrange appointments, confirm licensing of any kind, or act as an intermediary. Users must be 21 or older to access the site.
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Parkersburg stands at the mouth of the Little Kanawha River where it meets the Ohio. The city was chartered in 1820 and took its name from Alexander Parker, a landowner with a contested claim settled by the Virginia courts. Blennerhassett Island, in the middle of the Ohio River just downstream, is reached by sternwheeler ferry from the city's Point Park and contains a reconstruction of the Blennerhassett Mansion, the original of which served as staging ground for Aaron Burr's 1805 conspiracy to carve a private empire from Spanish territory.
DuPont operated the Washington Works plant on the Ohio River a few miles downstream for decades, producing Teflon and related fluoropolymers. The plant became the subject of extensive litigation over PFOA contamination in drinking water across Wood County and into Ohio. DuPont spinoff Chemours now runs the facility, which remains one of the largest industrial employers in the region.
The City Building downtown, the Oil and Gas Museum on Third Street, and the Julia-Ann Square Historic District preserve parts of the nineteenth-century townscape. Wood County Courthouse dates to 1901. The Parkersburg South High School football rivalry with Parkersburg High is one of the oldest in the state.
Escort websites operating in the Parkersburg area are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The platform serves as a directory only. It does not arrange appointments, confirm licensing of any kind, or act as an intermediary. Users must be 21 or older to access the site.
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