Grant County, West Virginia

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Grant County, West Virginia is a rural county in the eastern part of the state known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historical boundary marker at the Fairfax Stone.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
bordersOn Hardy County, West Virginia
Maryland
Mineral County, West Virginia
Pendleton County, West Virginia
Preston County, West Virginia
Tucker County, West Virginia
characterizedAs rural county
contains Bayard, West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
surface form: "Dolly Sods Wilderness (southern portion)"

Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
Gormania, West Virginia
Maysville, West Virginia
Mount Storm Lake
Mount Storm, West Virginia
North Fork Mountain
Petersburg, West Virginia
Smoke Hole Canyon (part)
country United States of America
dateEstablished 1866
formedFrom Hampshire County, West Virginia
Hardy County, West Virginia
geographyFeature Allegheny Front
Appalachian Mountains
South Branch Potomac River
surface form: "Potomac River headwaters"
hasAreaCode 304
681
hasCountySeat Petersburg, West Virginia
hasFIPSCode 54-023
hasGNISID 1554580
hasHistoricalSite Fairfax Stone
hasLargestCity Petersburg, West Virginia
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture
forestry
tourism
knownFor fishing
hiking
historical boundary marker at the Fairfax Stone
hunting
mountainous terrain
outdoor recreation
locatedIn Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
West Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Ulysses S. Grant
partOf United States congressional district (West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district)
stateSubdivisionOf West Virginia

Referenced by (7)

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

Bayard, West Virginia county Grant County, West Virginia
Fairfax Stone county Grant County, West Virginia
North Branch Potomac River flowsThrough Grant County, West Virginia
South Branch Potomac River flowsThrough Grant County, West Virginia
Bayard, West Virginia locatedIn Grant County, West Virginia
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park locatedIn Grant County, West Virginia
Bayard, West Virginia partOf Grant County, West Virginia

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