Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant is a city located in Mason County, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,637. It is the county seat of Mason County{{GR|6}}.

Related Topics:
Mason County, West Virginia - Confluence - Ohio - Kanawha - 2000 - County seat

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Point Pleasant is most famous for a series of local legends centered on the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, which killed 46 people. According to these legends, a moth-like humanoid was seen by several Point Pleasant residents in the weeks leading up to the disaster. The creature is said to have predicted the collapse. This is the source of the book and movie, The Mothman Prophecies.

Related Topics:
1967 - Silver Bridge - The Mothman Prophecies

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The town is also noted for the October 10, 1774, Battle of Point Pleasant, in which Virginia militiamen led by Colonel Andrew Lewis defeated a force of American Indians under Chief Cornstalk.

Related Topics:
October 10 - 1774 - Battle of Point Pleasant - Andrew Lewis - Cornstalk

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It was the final home of Confederate Brigadier-General John McCausland, the next-to-last Confederate General to die. He died in his farm at Grimm's Landing on January 23, 1927.

Related Topics:
Confederate - John McCausland

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Point Pleasant is located at 38°51'27" North, 82°7'43" West (38.857527, -82.128571){{GR|1}}.

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