 In the northern part of the district, Topins Grove and Willowdale are located on Little Pond Creek; Utica is on the Cabin Fork of Big Pond Creek, most of which is in Wood County; Low Gap is on Skull Run; and Cuba and Sherman are located along Little Sandy Creek.Villages along Sandy Creek and its tributaries in the Northern District include Crow Summit, Drift Run, Duncan, Garfield, Independence, Jones Crossing, Le Roy, Liverpool, Lockhart, McClain, Meadowdale, Medina, Murray, New Era, Odaville, Sandyville, Wilding, and Wiseburg; Nuzums, Silverton, and The Y are on the boundary between the Northern and Western Districts.The main north-south routes in the Northern District are West Virginia Route 68, which runs along the Ohio River from Ravenswood to Parkersburg, and County Road 21, known locally as the Parkersburg Road, which passes through the district between Ripley and Parkersburg, passing through Sandyville in the Northern District.