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Fairmont is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census , making it the eighth-most populous city in the state. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area , which includes all of Marion County in North Central West Virginia and had a ...
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,205. [1] Its county seat is Fairmont. [2] The county was named in honor of General Francis Marion (ca. 1732–1795), known to history as "The Swamp Fox".
West Virginia Route 310 is a north–south state highway located in northern West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 50 in Grafton. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 in Fairmont. WV 310 is a two-lane road that traverses a mostly country setting, with sharp turns and occasional steep inclines.
West Virginia Avenue / Sycamore Street: interchange: Chestnut Street: interchange: 3rd Street / 2nd Street - Downtown Clarksburg: interchange: WV 20 (Joyce Street) interchange: I-79 – Fairmont, Charleston: I-79 exit 119: Bridgeport: WV 58 west (Virginia Avenue) to I-79: WV 131 north (Benedum Drive) – Airport: WV 76 east – Flemington: WV ...
Western terminus of WV 270: Clarksburg: 199.6: 321.2: WV 98 west (Davisson Run Road) to US 50: South end of WV 98 overlap: 200.0: 321.9: WV 98 east (Clarksburg Park Way) – Nutter Fort: North end of WV 98 overlap: 201.4: 324.1: WV 20 east (Milford Street / West Pike Street) South end of WV 20 overlap: 202.8: 326.4: US 50 (Northwestern Turnpike ...
On December 21, 1967, the first section of I-79 in West Virginia, between exits 125 (Saltwell Road) and 132 (South Fairmont), opened to traffic. [14] This five-mile (8.0 km) section bypassed part of West Virginia Route 73 (WV 73) between Bridgeport and Fairmont .
The Fleming–Watson Historic District comprises 365 buildings and 1 structure of architecture significance on 84 acres (0.34 km 2) in Fairmont, West Virginia.It is in two irregular sections separated by a ravine, approximately bounded by Fairmont Avenue, Second and Fay Streets, Apple Crescent, Green and Emerson Streets, Coleman Avenue, Ninth Street, and Outlook.
The park is located about 7 miles (11 km) south of exit 137 of I-79, near Fairmont, West Virginia. The park's main feature is a half-mile long set of cascades — the "Valley Falls" — that separate Marion and Taylor County, West Virginia. The park and river provide a popular and risky kayaking run. [3]