Historical Markers and War Memorials in Aurora, West Virginia
Kingwood is the county seat for Preston County
Aurora is in Preston County
Preston County(116) ► ADJACENT TO PRESTON COUNTY Barbour County(60) ► Grant County(32) ► Monongalia County(225) ► Taylor County(51) ► Tucker County(90) ► Garrett County, Maryland(161) ► Fayette County, Pennsylvania(280) ►
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On George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) near Aurora Pike, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Rev. John Stough and family settled at Mount Carmel about 1787, and about 1790 Stough started the first gristmill. The first church was the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized between 1792 and 1796. — — Map (db m156431) HM
On George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) east of History Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Rev. John Stough and family settled at Mount Carmel about 1787, and about 1790 Stough started the first gristmill. The first church was the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized between 1792 and 1796. — — Map (db m235170) HM
On George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) west of Aurora Pike, on the left when traveling west.
The upper Devonian or lower Mississippian strata and the “Gantz” or “Berea Sand” of the driller, is a clean pebbly sandstone. It produces oil and natural gas at depths greater than 1700 feet in north central West Virginia. — — Map (db m475)
On George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) west of West Virginia Route 24, on the right when traveling west.
Built by Henry Grimes circa 1825. It was opened as a tavern in 1841 and kept by George G. Houser, Hiram Hanshaw and William H. Grimes. This was the first tavern in Union District on the Northwestern Turnpike. — — Map (db m474) HM
On George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) 2 miles west of Garrett Highway (U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west.
Preston County. Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia. Here is model Federal homestead project, sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President.
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On George Washington Highway (Route 50) 0.1 miles east of Rocky Road, on the right when traveling east.
We dedicate this memorial in grateful remembrance of the veterans of Union District, Preston County, who have served in defense of our nation and those who are still serving at home and abroad — — Map (db m235169) WM
