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Grant Town is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, in the eastern United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. [2] The town was formed in 1901 with the opening of the Federal Coal and Coke Company bituminous coal mine, and was named for Robert Grant, vice president of the coal company.
Grant Town is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, in the eastern United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census.
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Grant Town is located approximately four miles east of Fairview, West Virginia, five miles northwest of the Monongahela River at Rivesville, West Virginia, and 10 miles northwest of the county seat at Fairmont, West Virginia.
In 2022, Grant Town, WV had a population of 439 people with a median age of 40.7 and a median household income of $50,982. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Grant Town, WV grew from 417 to 439, a 5.28% increase and its median household income grew from $46,618 to $50,982, a 9.36% increase.
Grant County came into being in 1866 and Petersburg (or Lunice Creek) became the county seat in 1870. The new county was named for victorious Union General Ulysses S. Grant and, for the next 50 years, this community was generally known as Grant County Court House.
Grant Town is a community on Paw Paw Creek and was for many years a prosperous coal mining town. Grant Town's original settlers were the McCoys, Ballah, Toothman, and Hibbs families. The town was established in 1901 by the Federal Coal and Coke Company and named Grant Town for Robert Grant, then vice president of the coal company.
