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Grant County, West Virginia

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7historic places

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1866formed

10,976pop. 2020

6cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Petersburg, William, Gormania.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for West Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Grant titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Fairfax Stone Site	William	Site	1970
Gormania Presbyterian Church	Gormania	Building	2005
Grant County Courthouse	Petersburg	Building	1979
Hermitage Motor Inn	Petersburg	Building	1986
Manor, The	Petersburg	Building	1975
Rohrbaugh Cabin	Petersburg	Building	1993
Snyder, Noah, Farm	Lahmansville	Building	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Grant was formed in 1866 (1866-02-14) from Hardy.

GRANT created from HARDY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Grant County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,467	5,542	7,275	8,993	8,805	8,756	8,304	10,210	11,299	10,976

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bayard Cemetery	39.27287	-79.34449
Knobley Cemetery	39.25453	-79.07356
Knotts Family Cemetery	39.19331	-79.43419
Mount Hebron Cemetery	39.0404	-79.17214
Schaeffer Cemetery	39.26085	-79.23129
South Branch Memorial Gardens	39.00603	-79.17497

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Hiser	38.96261	-79.11531
Seemly	38.87428	-79.14254
Wilsonia	39.20622	-79.4495

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Moorefield	1,871	20.7 km	WV013

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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