Mill Creek enters the Western District as it leaves Ripley, and meanders westward through a broad valley, turning northwest below Angerona, and continuing to Ripley Landing, where it abruptly turns southwest just short of the Ohio River, and continues across the floodplain for a mile before joining the river at Millwood.

The creek enters the Western District at The Y, and winds northwest through the hills before emptying into the Ohio at Ravenswood.

Sandy Creek's main tributary in the Western District is the Crooked Fork, which drains the hills between Ripley and Ravenswood.

Other communities in the Western District include Pleasant View, along the Ohio River in the northern part of the district; Flatwoods and Hemlock, on the Crooked Fork of Sandy Creek; Sidneyville and Pleasant Hill, on the Left Fork of Sycamore Run; Danstown, Mount Moriah, Parchment Valley, and Given on Parchment Creek and its tributaries.

County Road 21 forms most of the eastern boundary of the district, running between Charleston and Parkersburg, and passing through Fairplain, Ripley, and The Y.

Route 62 runs along Mill Creek between Ripley and Ripley Landing, then follows the Ohio River past Millwood, and runs into the hills as far as Mount Alto, where it turns west and enters Mason County, continuing along the river to Point Pleasant.

[13] After West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863, the counties were divided into civil townships, which were converted into magisterial districts in 1872.

Jackson County was divided into five magisterial districts: Grant, Ravenswood, Ripley, Union, and Washington.

[13] Otherwise, the names and boundaries of the historic districts remained largely unchanged for over a hundred and twenty years.