Population Center

The population center of the United State was in present West Virginia four times as it moved westward across the nation: near Wardensville in 1820; at Smoke Hole in 1830; west of Buckhannon in 1840; near Burning Springs in 1850.

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 48), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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