Clarksburg (West Virginia)

Harrison County

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Clarksburg is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia and the county seat ( county seat ) of Harrison County. According to the 2000 census, the town has 16,743 inhabitants.

History

Named after George Rogers Clark since 1778 place in 1785 officially registered as a church. In 1836 the highway Northwestern Turnpike Clarksburg, which was paved here in 1848 and today runs as U.S. Highway 50 through the city reached. Prior to 1840, a daily coach connection and a postal service had already been set up to Parkersburg, which also connect to steam navigation on the Ohio River was. 1856, the city was connected to the railway network.

Traffic

About five kilometers east of the city center, the highways U.S. Highway 50 and Interstate 79 intersect Nearly ten kilometers to the east is the North Central West Virginia Airport ( ICAO code KCKB ), which is operated by the neighboring city of Bridgeport.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Tony Anthony, actor
  • John S. Carlile, politicians
  • Phyllis Curtin, opera singer (soprano )
  • John W. Davis, politician
  • Guy D. Goff, politicians
  • Nathan Goff, politicians
  • John D. Hoblitzell, politicians
  • Thomas Jonathan Jackson, General of the Army of the Confederate States
  • Lloyd Lowndes, Governor of Maryland 1896-1900
  • Thomas Morris, politicians
  • Frederick Mosteller, statisticians
  • Cyrus Vance, U.S. Secretary of State 1977-1980
County (United States) Harrison County (West Virginia) Federal Information Processing Standards Parkersburg (West Virginia) International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Tony Anthony (actor) John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)
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