California, West Virginia
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california-west-virginia-201-8148638
title:
California, West Virginia
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California is a ghost town in northern Wirt County, West Virginia. It lies along the Hughes River, between the river and West Virginia Route 47, about half a mile below the Ritchie County line, and just above the intersection of Route 47 with California House Road, or County Route 47–1. California is notable as a point where shallow deposits of petroleum naturally percolated to the Earth's surface, a phenomenon common in the area, which spurred settlement at nearby Petroleum in Ritchie County, a
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Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California,_West_Virginia
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2024-02-26T15:03:16Z
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