Shagtown
Shagtown was an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Shagtown was first referenced in a 1913 West Virginia Geological Survey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Shagtown, West Virginia” and “Shagtown, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodlawn Cemetery and Marion County Courthouse.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodlawn Cemetery, located in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States, is an example of the rural cemetery. It was laid out by Tell W. Nicolet of the firm of Morris and Knowles of Pittsburgh, PA.
Marion County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Marion County Courthouse is a Beaux-Arts style building in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was constructed from 1897 to 1900, and was designed by the architectural firm of Yost & Packard of Columbus, Ohio.
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Commercial area
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples' National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairmont and Meadowdale.
Fairmont
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County. It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain".
Meadowdale
Hamlet
Meadowdale is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Meadowdale is located at the junction of County Routes 73, 72, and 33, 2.7 miles east-northeast of Fairmont. Meadowdale is situated 2 miles east of Shagtown.
Viola
Hamlet
Viola is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Viola is situated 2 miles northeast of Shagtown.
Shagtown
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marion, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.49175° or 39° 29′ 30″ northLongitude
-80.12952° or 80° 7′ 46″ westElevation
1,004 feet (306 metres)Open location code
86FXFVRC+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 154206641OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Highlights include Windmill Park and Fairmont City Cemetery.
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