Region:  Mid Ohio Valley Region

Established:  1848

County Seat:  Elizabeth

Historic Fact:  Burning Springs was the destination of thousands of fortune seekers during the 1860s following the discovery of oil. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil was produced there between 1860 and 1870. During the Civil War, Confederate cavalrymen, under the command of General William E. Jones, burned the town to the ground on May 9, 1863, along with all 100,000 barrels of oil. The fire could be seen over 40 miles away in Parkersburg.