Gallipolis

Gallipolis is a village of 3,600 people (2019) in Gallia County, in Southeast Ohio. It is just across the Ohio River from Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

The name Gallipolis is from the French for "city of the Gauls" because it was settled by a group of French pioneers known as the "French 500". Most of the French 500 died within a couple years due to their lack of preparedness for life on the frontier, but the city has endured.

Get in

By car

Gallipolis is connected by US-35.

By plane

• 1 Gallia Meigs Regional Airport. A small general aviation airport. (updated Nov 2018)

See

• 1 Our House Tavern. A museum that was an inn where the French Commander Lafayette stayed during the Revolutionary War. The tavern is said to be haunted, with many reported sightings of ghosts dressed in colonial garb.  
• 2 Gallia County Courthouse. (updated Nov 2018)

Do

• French Art Colony (Riverby Theatre Guild), 530 1st Ave, ☏ +1 740-446-3834, info@frenchartcolony.org. Offers performance art, classes, and exhibitions. (updated Nov 2018)

Eat

• Tuscany Italian Restaurant, 1308 Eastern Ave, ☏ +1 740-446-7800. (updated Nov 2018)
• China One, 15 Ohio River Plaza, ☏ +1 740-446-6888. (updated Nov 2018)

Drink

• Courtside Bar and Grille, 308 2nd Ave, ☏ +1 740-441-9371. (updated Nov 2018)

Sleep

• 1 Hampton Inn Gallipolis, 444 Upper River Rd. 

Connect

• 1 Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St, ☏ +1 740-446-7323. (updated Nov 2018)

Go next

• Chillicothe
• Charleston

Routes through Gallipolis

Chillicothe ← Rio Grande ←

W  E

→ Point Pleasant → Charleston