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19 Feb

Charter granted to have Fairmont, Palatine and West Fairmont incorporated as Fairmont

Fairmont is located in north-central West Virginia, where the West Fork and Tygart Valley rivers join to form the Monongahela. Fairmont was established by the Virginia legislature on January 19, 1820, on the farm of Boaz Fleming. It became the cou...

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