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Union
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1774
Union was settled by James Alexander Other events that happened on or around 1774 William Crawford directed the construction of Fort Fincastle (Fort Henry) Ferdinando Fairfax was born in Virginia Isaac Cox transferred his land to John Decker Fort Henry at Wheeling was constructed Hurricane Creek received its name by a group of surveyors William Morris and others settled at Cedar Grove in Kanawha County Simon Kenton served as a frontier scout in the Muskingum War The county jail of Martinsburg was completed Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was born Paint Creek was named Pricketts Fort was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River by Capt. Jacob Prickett The Lewis Trail became an early route over Sewell Mountain The Boggs family settled near Wheeling Thomas Walker was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs Thomas Walker was a member of the Revolutionary Conventions The Ohio River flooded
1800
Union was established by General Assembly to be county seat for Monroe County Other events that happened on or around 1800 There were about 16 churches in present West Virginia The Greenbrier Association of Baptists established John Beckley wrote a Jefferson campaign biography Ephraim and Anna Musick Hatfield moved their family from Russell County, Virginia to the Tug Valley Jesse Hughes returned to West Virginia John George Jackson married Mary Payne The site of Jackson's Mill was first settled by Edward Jackson Old State Road was opened to the Ohio River Joseph Johnson traveled to Winchester, Virginia George Gregg built a gristmill and sawmill on the Jug of Middle Island Creek The Hatfields settled in Lincoln County John Marshall was appointed secretary of state The first whites settled in Mingo County as farmers Newport was given a charter Nicholas Harvey acquired the site of Red Sulpher Springs John Bunnell built a cabin in Pennsboro St. Albans was first settled as Coalsmouth Sampson Sanders settled in Cabell County Permanent settlement on the Tug Fork began Henry Jolley established a ferry across the Ohio River at Sistersville Fort Gay was the first permanent settlement in Wayne County The West Fork River was declared a navigable public highway Isaac Williams was authorized to operate a ferry to carry traffic to the Ohio Shore Barney McGraw planted the first apple orchard in the Little Kanawha Valley James Wood left office as governor of Virginia
1820
A brick courthouse for Monroe County was built Other events that happened on or around 1820 Blakeley was constructed by John A. Washington II Bushrod Corbin Washington built Claymont Court Reported 53 slaves lived and worked at Green Bottom Population of Greenbrier County was 7,340 inhabitants John H. Hall began working on interchangeable parts for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works Virginia authorized the James River Company to undertake canal project Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha River Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha Simon Kenton was imprisoned for bad debts in Kentucky The population of Mason County was 4,868 The Union Academy of Monroe County was established to teach a classical education The Western Star began in Weston The Kanawha Spectator was founded in Charleston Wilson Cary Nicholas died The North House was built by John A. North in Lewisburg Settlement in Oak Hill began A stone bathing house was built at Salt Sulphur Springs The Shannondale Springs resort opened Summersville was established
1881
The current Monroe County courthouse was built in Union Other events that happened on or around 1881 Booker T. Washington married his first wife, Fannie Smith, at the African Zion Baptist Church West Virginia contracted with Storer College in educating African-American teachers Congress gave $5,000 to Smithsonian to conduct excavations relating to prehistoric Mound Builders George Atkinson wrote After the Moonshiners West Virginia's first general banking law repealed Legislature elected Johnson N. Camden to the U.S. Senate Nathan Goff Jr. served as secretary of navy under President Hayes The West Virginia Board of Health was established West Virginia Board of Health was established George Imboden became the president of the Fayette County Commission Jacob Beeson Jackson began service as governor John Jacob was appointed Ohio County circuit judge The lock and dam on the Elk River was removed Joseph Long moved to Wheeling William MacCorkle married Belle Goshorn Henry Mathews returned to Lewisburg C.F. Millspaugh received a medical degree from the New York Homeopathic Medical College The Norfolk & Western Railway was a result of a merger between the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad and Shenandoah Valley Railroad Daniel Purinton became vice-president and acting president of West Virginia University. William Rosecrans served in Congress from California Johann Stifel died Frederick Douglass spoke on the campus of Storer College Alexander Wade published A Graduating System for Country Schools West Union was incorporated The first West Virginia State Fair was held at Wheeling Island Albert White moved to Parkersburg Emanuel Wilson finished his service in the House of Delegates Thomas Davis moved with his family to Huntington
2000
Union had a population of 548 Other events that happened on or around 2000 Ceredo had 1,675 residents Charleston population fell to 53,421 Clay Foundation assets at $67 million Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages Doddridge population reached 7,403 Dunbar had a population of 8,154 Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9% Elizabeth's population was 994 Fairmont had population of 19,097 People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia Follansbee's population reported at 3,115 Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area Franklin population reported at 797 Grafton population stood at 2,489 Population of Grant County rose to 11,299 Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County Hardy County reported a population of 12,669 Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307 Harrisville held a population of 1,842 The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350 The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222 Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia Jackson County's population was 28,000 Ripley's population stood at 3,263 Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301 Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073 Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485 Keyser's population was 5,303 Keystone's population had fallen to 453 City of Logan population was 1,630 Logan County population reported at 37,710 Population of Madison was 2,677 Mannington population was 2,124 Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2% Marion County population stood at 56,598 Population of Marlinton was 1,204 Marshall County's population was 35,519 Martinsburg population was 75,905 The population of Mason county was 25,957 Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population Population of McDowell County was 27,329 West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years Mercer County population was 62,980 Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia Middlebourne's population was 870 Milton's population was 2,206 Monongalia County had a population of 81,866 Monroe county had a population of 14,583 Morgan County had a population of 14,943 Morgantown population was 26,809 Moundsville had a population of 9,978 Population of New Cumberland was 1,099 Nicholas County had a population of 26,562 Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle Oak Hill population was 7,589 Population of Ohio County was 47,427 Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents Paden City's population was 2,860 Parkersburg's population was 33,099 The population of Paw Paw was 524 Franklin had 797 residents The population of Petersburg was 2,423 The population of Philippi was 2,870 Piedmont's population was 1,014 The population of Pineville was 715 The population of Pleasants County was 7,514 The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131 Richwood had a population of 2,477 Ritchie County's population was 10,343 Roane County population was 15,446 Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia Romney had a population of 1,940 The population of St. Albans was 11,567 St. Marys population was at 2,017 Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County Shinnston's population was 2,295 South Charleston had a population of 13,390 Spencer had a population of 2,352 Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend Hinton's population was 2,880 Summersville population was 3,294 Sutton had a population 1,011 Taylor County population was 16,089 Tucker County population was 7,321 Upshur County population was 23,404 Vienna had a population of 10.861 Wayne had a population of 1,105 Wayne County population was 42, 903 Webster County population was 9,719 Webster Springs had a population of 808 Weirton population was 20,411 Welch population was 2,683 Wellsburg population was 2,891 West Union had a population of 806 Weston's population was 4,317 Westover had a population of 3,941 Wetzel County had a population of 17,693 Wheeling population was 31,419 Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315 Williamson population was 3,414 Winfield population was 1,858 Wirt County had a population of 5,873 Wood County had a population of 87,986 View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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