Clarksburg, West Virginia

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city county seat

Clarksburg, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically as a regional commercial and transportation hub in the Appalachian region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Clarksburg, Virginia 3
Clarksburg micropolitan area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
areaLandSqMi 9.71 ⓘ
areaTotalSqMi 9.71 ⓘ
climateClassification humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceToCharlestonMi about 120 ⓘ
distanceToMorgantownMi about 40 ⓘ
elevationFt 1020 ⓘ
FIPScode 54-15628 ⓘ
foundedIn 1785 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1537230 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport North Central West Virginia Airport ⓘ
hasFederalFacility FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ⓘ
hasHighSchool Robert C. Byrd High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Clarksburg Downtown Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricEconomy coal industry support services ⓘ
glass manufacturing ⓘ
railroad-related commerce ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Harrison County Courthouse ⓘ
Waldo Hotel ⓘ
Waldomore ⓘ
hasInterstateHighway Interstate 79 ⓘ
hasMayorCouncilForm yes ⓘ
hasNewspaper The Exponent Telegram ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library ⓘ
hasU.S.Highway U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole railroad center in north-central West Virginia ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1889 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Harrison County, West Virginia ⓘ
knownFor regional commercial hub ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ
locatedIn Harrison County, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachia ⓘ
north-central West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver West Fork River ⓘ
namedAfter George Rogers Clark ⓘ
nearestLargeCity Morgantown, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Morgantown, West Virginia
partOfMetropolitanArea Clarksburg, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clarksburg micropolitan area
populationCensus2020 15864 ⓘ
postalCode 26301 ⓘ
region north-central Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stonewall → birthPlace → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
this entity surface form: Clarksburg, Virginia
Stonewall → birthPlace → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg, West Virginia → partOfMetropolitanArea → Clarksburg, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarksburg micropolitan area
U.S. Route 50 → passesThroughCity → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson → placeOfBirth → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarksburg, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson → placeOfBirth → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
Thomas → placeOfBirth → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
this entity surface form: Clarksburg, Virginia
Thomas → placeOfBirth → Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson