Bigbend, West Virginia

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Big Bend, West Virginia
Brooksville
Unincorporated community
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Big Bend
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Big Bend
Big Bend (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°57′49″N81°9′42″W / 38.96361°N 81.16167°W / 38.96361; -81.16167
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Calhoun
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26136

Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the Little Kanawha River. [1] Its elevation is 682 feet (208 m). [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26136. [3]

Big Bend was previously known as Brooksville, in honor of Preston Brooks, pro-slavery representative from South Carolina, who attacked and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. At that time it was the county seat. [4] At the end of the Civil War, and West Virginia's separation from Virginia, it was replaced by a new county seat with the name of Union General Ulysses Grant.

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References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bigbend, West Virginia
  3. ↑ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. ↑ "(Untitled)". Baltimore Sun . August 16, 1856. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.


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