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The Virginia General Assembly granted a charter to Bethany College
Located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Brooke County is bounded on the north by Hancock County, on the south by Ohio County, by Pennsylvania on the east, and by the Ohio River and the state of Ohio on the west. The surface of Brooke C...
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