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Clarksburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.2667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on W Fork of Monongahela River in central W Virginia; supply & administrative headquarters during Civil War for General George B McClellan, who was charged with holding W Virginia for Union. |
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| Clarksburg (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Gen. George Rogers Clark, who was a Virginia frontiersman in 1765 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1765 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1921 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for coal mines, machinery, oil & gas |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for glass, cement, chemicals, coffins, brick & zinc |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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includes nearby Salem College |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes Watters Smith Memorial State Park |
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