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Grafton is a city in and the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. [6] The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. [4] It originally developed as a junction point for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, serving numerous branches of a network that was vital to the regional coal industry.
Pro Football Hall of Fame. George Preston Marshall (October 11, 1896 – August 9, 1969) was an American professional football executive who founded the National Football League (NFL)'s Washington Redskins. He founded the team as the Boston Braves in 1932. The following season, he relocated the club from Braves Field to Fenway Park and renamed ...
West Virginia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia. It encompasses 89.7 acres (36.3 ha). Along with Grafton National Cemetery, it is one of the two national cemeteries in the state of West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton. After it was determined that the 3 acres (1.2 ...
Grafton National Cemetery. / 39.33639°N 80.03000°W / 39.33639; -80.03000. Grafton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Grafton, West Virginia. It encompasses a total of 3.2 acres (1.3 ha). Along with West Virginia National Cemetery, it is one of two United States Department of Veterans Affairs national ...
Thornsbury Bailey Brown (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a ...
1870 [1] Headquarters. 914 West Main St Grafton, Taylor County, WV 26354. Circulation. 1,710 (as of 2016) [2] Website. mountainstatesman.com. The Mountain Statesman is a thrice-weekly newspaper serving the Grafton, West Virginia area. [3] Its 2016 circulation was 1,710.
1st. Website. www.wvcountytaylor.com. Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,705. [1] Its county seat is Grafton. [2] The county was formed in 1844 [3] and named for Senator John Taylor of Caroline. Taylor County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Grafton, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Grafton, West Virginia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.