Brooke County/Hancock County
Posted by: silverquill
N 40° 23.886 W 080° 35.514
17T E 534632 N 4472023
This historical marker located in Weirton, West Virginia, describes the history of Brooke County on one side and Hancock County on the other.
Waymark Code: WM3ZMC
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2008
Views: 48
marker text:
BROOKE COUNTY
Formed in 1797 from Ohio County, Named for Robert Brooke, Virginia governor, 1794-1796. Here Alexander Campbell founded the Christian Church and established a college. First Grimes Golden apple tree in this county.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Formed in 1848 from Brooke. Named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Iron furnaces established in this county as early as 1794 made the cannon balls that Commodore Perry used in Battle of Lake Erie.