Glenville

Although the county was organized at DeKalb, Glenville was selected in an 1845 election as the county seat.

Population 2010 Census: 1,537
Median Age: 24 years

Courthouse: Completed 1923
Architect: A. F. Wysong

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Primary Sources Online
1960 Presidential Campaign in Gilmer County
Flooding In Gilmer

Civil War
Public Meeting at Gilmer, 1861
Matters at Glenville, 1861
Camp Hall, Troy, 1862
Fight near Glenville, 1862
Heroism of Young Varner, 1863
Guerrillas at Troy, 1863
Citizens Meeting in Gilmer, 1863
Act to Alter Division Line Between Ritchie and Gilmer, 1863
Petition from Troy, 1863
Meeting in Gilmer County, 1864
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 1
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 2
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 6
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 8
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 8a
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 10
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 11
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 14
Gilmer County Union Militia Letters, Box 5, folder 15

Photographs
Photographs of Schools in Gilmer County

Secondary Sources Online
List of Gilmer County Legislators
Cedarville, Agricultural Extention Community History
Sinking Creek, Agricultural Extention Community History

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Biographies
James F. Adams
Loren Vincent Adams
Robert Haymond Burke
James Francis Burkhammer
Kermit Camden Fisher
Wilbur Stevens Hall
Edna Columbia McQuain
Lloyd Floyd Reed
Robert Lee Thompson