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Paden Island
Paden Island is located in West Virginia
Paden Island
Paden Island
Location in West Virginia
Geography
Location Ohio River, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°36′47″N 80°55′40″W / 39.6131317°N 80.9278810°W / 39.6131317; -80.9278810
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Paden Island is an island in Wetzel County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between Sardis, Ohio and Paden City, West Virginia. Paden Island is a part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

According to local history, enslaved people would sometimes cross from the slave state of Virginia into the free state of Ohio by using Paden Island as a crossing point.

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