Lumberport, West Virginia

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Lumberport, West Virginia (WV), a community in Harrison County, was chartered in 1838 and named as a result of the location of a boatyard here on the West Fork River at the mouth of Ten Mile Creek. Through the early 1800s, rafts of lumber were floated downstream from Lumberport to markets in Pittsburgh, 100 miles to the north.

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Location

Lumberport is located on highway WV-20 approximately 2.5 miles west of highway US-19 at Shinnston, West Virginia, eight miles north of Clarksburg, West Virginia, and 20 miles southwest of Fairmont, West Virginia.

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Regional Information

Lumberport is located in the Monongahela Valley Region in northern West Virginia.