was 1,926 at the 2010 census. McMechen is named after William McMechen and his family, pioneer settlers. The McMechen Lockmaster Houses on the Ohio River
"Ben's Woods", as Benjamin McMechen (1777–1855) inherited that portion of land from the estate of his father, William McMechen (1724–1797), and built his
imprisonment, respectively. Manson was placed in the home of an aunt and uncle in McMechen, West Virginia. His mother was paroled in 1942. Manson later characterized
Fair Housing, the McMechen family, in May 1910, took up residence there by leasing the property from his partner Hawkins. The McMechens became the first
Hampshire County, Virginia, who was killed during an Indian ambush at the McMechen Narrows on the Ohio River south of Wheeling, Virginia in 1777. Before traveling