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Ruby Memorial Hospital opened in the Evansdale area of Morgantown
Morgantown, the county seat of Monongalia County, is a regional financial, educational, commercial, and medical center. The city, one of the fastest growing in West Virginia, had a population of 30,347 in the 2020 census (an increase of 13.2 perce...
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