Browns Island | |
Location: | Ohio River, West Virginia, United States |
Coordinates: | 40.4251°N -80.6092°W |
Country: | United States |
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.[1] Griffen Island lies on the Ohio to its southwest.
Browns Island is known to be the site of an ancient Indian burial ground.