Ghent in Raleigh County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Ghent Explosion Memorial
Little General
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
1. Ghent Explosion Memorial Marker
For over 30 years a Little General store stood on this site. On January 30, 2007 at 10:56 a.m., a propane explosion leveled the store killing the four men honored by this memorial and critically injuring five others.
Erected 2018.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is January 30, 2007.
Location. 37° 37.506′ N, 81° 6.732′ W. Marker is in Ghent, West Virginia, in Raleigh County. It is on Flat Top Road (U.S. 19) north of Lake Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2964 Flat Top Rd, Ghent WV 25843, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in West Virginia’s New River Gorge. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Jones (approx. 1.9 miles away); Glade Creek Reservoir (approx. 5.2 miles away); Shady Spring (approx. 5.9 miles away); Battle of Clarks House (approx. 6.6 miles away); Raleigh County / Summers County (approx. 6.8 miles away); Camp Green Meadows / The Burning of Jumping Branch (approx. 8.2 miles away); Bluestone River (approx. 8.3 miles away); Bluestone National Scenic River (approx. 8.3 miles away).
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More about this marker. Across the street from the Flat Top Lake subdivision sign at Lake Road.
Green information marker is in front of the parking area
Also see . . . Memorial dedicated to men killed in tragic Ghent propane explosion.
More than 11 years after tragedy struck in Ghent, family and friends of the four men who perished on Jan. 30, 2007, returned to the scene of the accident to remember.(Submitted on March 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
2. Ghent Explosion Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
3. Glenn Ray Bennett plaque
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
4. Jeffrey Lee Treadway plaque
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
5. Craig Lawrence Dorsey plaque
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 19, 2024
6. Frederick Allen Burroughs plaque
Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,167 times since then and 543 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
