Interesting+Facts

1. It is home to the longest creek in North America with a length of 75 miles. 2. Home of Joseph H. Diss Debar that designed the state seal of West Virginia. 3. Celebrated it's 130th Anniversary of being founded this past July. 4. West Union was originally founded before 1787 by the Virginia General Assembly. 5. Two communities merged and formed West Union in 1888. 6. Major thoroughfare for East/West travel in United from the Northwestern Territory to Washington, D.C. 7. B&O railroad ran through West Union providing a major railroad connector from the East Coast across the Allegheny Mountains to the Northwest Territory. 8. West Union was even part of the Underground Railroad.