Funeral Homes in Huntington, WV

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Chase Harrison (football player), Bill Walker (basketball player), O. J. Mayo (basketball player), Jim Grobe (american football player and coach), Brad Dourif (actor and voice actor), Jeff Morrison (tennis player), and Robert Walker (american football player).
• Huntington is home to the following sports teams: Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball.

Huntington is a city in the State of West Virginia. A major river port, the city is in Cabell and Wayne counties at the confluence of the Guyandotte River and the Ohio River. The first permanent settlement, Holderby's Landing, was founded in 1775 in what was then the Colony of Virginia. The City of Huntington was founded as the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1871. It serves as the county seat of Cabell County.As of the 2010 census, the metropolitan area is the largest in West Virginia. It spans 7 counties across 3 states, with a population of 364,101. Huntington is the largest city in the MSA and the second largest city in West Virginia, with a population of 49,138 at the 2010 census. The Huntington-Charleston TV market is the 64th-largest in the nation.The city is the home of Marshall University as well as the Huntington Museum of Art; the Big Sandy Superstore Arena; the Huntington District-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the Collis P. Huntington Historical Society and Railroad Museum; Camden Park, one of the world's oldest amusement parks; the headquarters of the CSX Transportation-Huntington Division, the largest division in the CSX network; and the Port of Huntington-Tristate, the largest river port in the United States.The largest employers are Marshall University, Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, CSX Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Amazon, DirecTV, and the City of Huntington.The 2006 Warner Bros. motion picture We Are Marshall and the 2010 ABC series Food Revolution were filmed in Huntington.

Huntington Obituaries

It was noted by Register Herald on April 30th, 2022 that Russell Dale Arthur died in Huntington, West Virginia.  Arthur was 80 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Russell Dale's life.

It was written by Tampa Bay on April 6th, 2022 that Paul E Logan passed on in Tampa, Florida.  Logan was 78 years old and was born in Huntington, WV.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Paul E's life.

It was disclosed by Mountain Messenger on March 25th, 2022 that Gary Ray Dotson died in Huntington, West Virginia.  Dotson was 54 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Gary Ray's life.

It was reported by Orange County Register on January 30th, 2022 that Susan Giguere (Burns) passed away in California.  Ms. Giguere was 89 years old and was born in Huntington, WV.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Susan's life.

It was written by Register Herald on January 6th, 2022 that Tomasina Michel (Soto) passed away in Huntington, West Virginia.  Ms. Michel was 82 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Tomasina's life.

It was revealed by Register Herald on November 17th, 2021 that Wayne Elton Dr Dolan died in Huntington, West Virginia.  Dolan was 72 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Wayne Elton Dr's life.

It was noted by Register Herald on October 1st, 2021 that Ray McKinley II Adkins died in Huntington, West Virginia.  Adkins was 59 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Ray McKinley II's life.

It was written by Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post on September 18th, 2021 that Carl E Wilhelm passed away in Huntington, West Virginia.  Wilhelm was 82 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Carl E's life.

It was reported by Register Herald on July 15th, 2021 that Johnny Jay Thorne died in Huntington, West Virginia.  Thorne was 74 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Johnny Jay's life.

It was disclosed by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on June 24th, 2021 that Julia Damewood (Whitt) passed away in Huntington, West Virginia.  Ms. Damewood was 81 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Julia's life.

History

The land that is now part of both Guyandotte and Huntington was originally part of the 28,628 acre French and Indian War veteran's Savage Grant. The Buffingtons were the only revolutionary-era Savage Grant claimants to continuously reside within the area, and later generations of Buffingtons were associated with Marshall College (later a university) were business partners of Collis P. Huntington, who founded Huntington in 1870 as the western terminus for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) on the land west of the mouth of the Guyandotte River at the Ohio River. Huntington was Incorporation (municipal government) in 1871, but was really a massive addition to an earlier city, Guyandotte, West Virginia Guyandotte, which became a neighborhood of Huntington, was first built upon in 1799. Public school desegregation resulted in the closing of Douglass High School in 1961.

The official website for the city of Huntington is https://www.cityofhuntington.com/.