Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA

Huntington is a river city in western West Virginia, set along the Ohio River near the Kentucky and Ohio borders. The broad floodplain rises quickly into wooded Appalachian hills, giving the city a compact linear form. Founded as the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1870s, Huntington grew through rail transportation, manufacturing and river trade. Marshall University, health care, logistics, the arts and regional commerce remain central to its identity.