Browns Island (West Virginia)
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Browns Island is an island on the Ohio River within the corporate boundaries of Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia. Browns Island was the site of a coke plant, which was in operation until 1982. The island's landscape is industrial with a small wooded portion at the southern tip. Griffen Island lies on the Ohio to its southwest. Browns Island is known to be the site of an ancient Indian burial ground.
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