Biohazard Cleanup Near Lock Proctorville, OH

Proctorville is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, sitting on the north bank of the Ohio River across from Huntington, West Virginia, within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.

The land where Proctorville stands was first settled in 1797 and was originally called Quaker Bottom, growing through the 1800s as an Ohio River trading center.

In 1834 Jacob Proctor opened a general store next to the wharf, and riverboat captains came to know the village as 'Proctor's Landing'; when it incorporated in 1878 it was renamed Proctorville in his honor.

The famous Rome Beauty apple was developed in 1816 by Joel Gillette and his son Alanson in neighboring Rome Township, near Proctorville.

A fire on April 7, 1900 decimated Proctorville and most of the destroyed businesses were never rebuilt, and major Ohio River floods in 1913 and 1937 further damaged the village.

Proctorville grew again after the East End Bridge opened in 1985, carrying traffic across the Ohio River to Huntington.

Proctorville had 523 residents at the 2020 census, down from 574 residents in 251 households at the 2010 census.

Proctorville is compact — the village covers only about 0.27 square miles in total, including its river frontage.

Proctorville students are served by the Fairland Local School District, including Fairland High School.

A powerful derecho storm caused significant damage in Proctorville on April 2, 2024.