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Reprinted From 1929 WV Encyclopedia
Grantsville, county seat of Calhoun County, is situated on the north
bank of the Little
Kanawha River, fifty miles from Parkersburg at the junction of State
Routes 16 and
35. It has one bank with total resources of $1,206,145.36; two weekly
newspapers;
two churches and one theater.
The town has one elementary school with 6 teachers and 177 students
and the
Calhoun High school with 12 teachers and 177 students. Electric power
and light are
are furnished by the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company. A
mayor and a
council elected in January govern the town. It has property valued at
$598,941 with a
municipal tax rate of 75 cents on each $100 valuation.
Grantsville was laid out by Simon P. Stump in 1866, and is named for
General U.S.
Grant. It was established the county seat in 1869 and was chartered in
1896. The
population is estimated to be 1200 (About 500 in 2007).
Data furnished by Boyd B.
Stutler
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