Hurricane/Scott Depot/Teays Valley

Hurricane is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia in the United States.  The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census.

Scott Depot is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia. It is located along Crooked Creek at and downstream from the creek’s intersection with Teays Valley Road.

Teays Valley is a census-designated place in Putnam County, West Virginia. The place is divided into the two districts of Teays Valley and Scott Depot.

Hurricane/Scott Depot/Teays Valley is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702.

Hurricane was named after Hurricane Creek, which was, in turn, named after a group of trees at the mouth of the river bent in one direction. A party of surveyors commissioned by George Washington noted the site appeared to have been struck by a hurricane, giving rise to the name.

A town named Hurricane Bridge was located where West Virginia Route 34 now crosses the creek, near current-day Hurricane. The town can be traced back to an 1811 Virginia map. The town primarily consisted of a small inn. On March 28, 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought a Civil War battle at Hurricane Bridge, now known as the Skirmish at Hurricane Bridge.

Hurricane itself can be traced back to 1873, when a railroad track was laid through the town and a small depot was constructed. It was during this period that Main Street developed, and other businesses in the area. Hurricane was a trading and residential town for tobacco growers and other farmers in the early 1900s. The fire department was established March 2, 1936. It was incorporated as a town in 1888, and as a city in the 1970s.

In the early 1990s, the old depot, which once served as the catalyst for the town’s development, was torn down and replaced with a small gazebo. It was also during the 1990s that the city began to see a surge in urban growth as several subdivisions were established in the city limits. The population increase resulted in the widening of Route 34, a connecting road to Teays Valley, and an expansion of Hurricane High School.

Putnam County Schools serve the area.

Websites

City of Hurricane, WV

Putnam County Schools

Putnam County Government

 

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