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Historically, Gilmer County was the northwesternmost of the fiercely Democratic, secessionist counties of West Virginia. It voted Democratic in every election from 1872 to 1968 – in 1928 when there was large-scale anti-Catholic voting throughout Appalachian West Virginia it was Al Smith ’s strongest county in the state. [ 18 ]
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Gilmer is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Gilmer is located along West Virginia Route 5 and the Little Kanawha River, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Sand Fork. [2] Gilmer had a post office, which opened on November 28, 1905, and closed on November 2, 2002. [3]
Amid West Virginia's summer drought, members of the Gilmer County Volunteer Fire Department took time this week to give farmers and cows a desperately-needed drink of water.
Ruddell General Store, also known as the Country Store Museum, is a historic general store building located at Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, two-bay, commercial building measuring 30 feet by 65 feet. The first story storefront is original material and design.
Job's Temple is a historic Methodist church building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built between 1860 and 1866, and is a building constructed of poplar log, measuring 18 feet by 24 feet. The building was renovated between 1928 and 1936. Adjacent to the church is Job's Temple Cemetery, containing 122 graves. [2]
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Transportation in Gilmer County, West Virginia (12 P) Pages in category "Gilmer County, West Virginia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.