History of the Grant District No. 5 - Wayne Co. WV


Source: West Virginia Heritage 

Grant District No.5 lies in the extreme southwestern part of Wayne 
county, and was named in honor of 
of General Grant, the leader of the Federal armies during the late 
war.It is bounded northwest by 
Stonewall district, northeast by Lincoln county, southeast by Logan 
county, and southwest by Lincoln 
district, and , with the exception of Ceredo district, is the smallest 
subdivision in the county. Within it 
is the proposed eastern terminus of the Ohio Guyandotte Railway, which 
is to be built up the Twelve 
Pole valley, and here lies one of the most extensive and valuable 
deposits of bituminous coal to be 
found within the the confines of the State. So great, indeed, is the 
supply that ages of the most active 
industry will not ezhaust it, and when the railroad is completed here 
within the limits of Grant dustrict 
- in her valleys, and on, and will be found a busy population, 
characterized by that industry and 
enterprise which is ever present in mining and maufacturing sections. 
The soil is fertile, both on the 
hills and in the valleys, consisting on the former of an intermixture of 
the various clays, and in the 
latter a sandy loam, the the greater part of it laying along the Twelve 
Pole river, on the upper course of 
which it has been disintegrated, then carried down and deposited in 
regular strata.
Several streams pass through the district; the most prominent is Kiahs 
creek, which flows through the 
western part, nearly parallel with Twelve Pole river, with which it 
unites. Big Laurel creek drains the 
northern part, has a western course and falls into Twelve Pole, Trough 
creek, McComas creek, and 
Wiley run flow from the east in a general western direction and 
discharge their waters into the main 
prong of the river.


Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net> 

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