Fairmont State College
Inscription
Founded through private enterprise in 1865. Established as a state institution in 1867 and known as Fairmont State Normal School. Became Fairmont State Teachers College, 1931. Name Fairmont State College was adopted in 1943.
Location
AddressJunction of US19 and Locust Avenue, Fairmont
CityFairmont
CountyMarion
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates39.485027, -80.146926
Sources
More markers in Marion
Marion County/Taylor County
Formed, 1844, from Marion, Harrison and Barbour.
Indian Raid
Here Nicholas Wood and Jacob Straight were killed and Mrs. Elizabeth Dragoo captured during Indian raid in 1786.
Confederate Cemetery
Fairmont, WV
Near this point, in a mass grave, lie the remains of 39 Confederate soldiers from the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Virginia cavalry...
Mannington/Flaggy Meadow
Once called Koontown but renamed in 1856 when chartered as town by Va.
Waitman T. Willey
Farmington, WV
A mile north stood the cabin in which Waitman T. Willey, the State's first U.S. Senator was born, October 18, 1811.