| LC control no. | no 95044551 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | New Martinsville (W. Va.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | West Virginia--New Martinsville |
| Variant(s) | City of New Martinsville (W. Va.) |
| See also | Martinsville (W. Va.) |
| Beginning date | 1871 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | West Virginia |
| Found in | Water-quality data for the Ohio River from Willow Island Dam to Belleville Dam, West Virginia ... [MI] 1994: t.p. (city of New Martinsville, West Virginia) GNIS, W. Va. (New Martinsville, ppl., 39°38ʹ40ʺN, 80°51ʹ28ʺW) Lippincott (New Martinsville; county seat, Wetzel Co., NW W. Va.) Rand McNally Web. geog. The City of New Martinsville, via WWW, July 5, 2019: home page (City of New Martinsville; New Martinsville, West Virginia, in Wetzel county; county seat of Wetzel County; In 1810, Sarah Dunlin sold the family farm in six sections to Andrew Beall (400 acres), Joseph and John Witten (400 acres), Robert McEldowny (300 acres), Samuel McEldowny (100 acres), William Springer (100 acres) and Presley Martin (100 acres). Presley Martin platted a town on his land in 1838 and named it Martinsville, after himself. The town was named the county seat in 1846 by the act establishing the county. The town's prefix, New, was added to distinguish itself from another town of the same name in Henry County, Virginia. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1848 as Martinsville. The town's name was officially changed to New Martinsville in 1871) <http://www.cityofnewmartinsvillewv.com/> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wv |
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