Williamsport, West Virginia

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Williamsport, West Virginia
Williamsport is located in West Virginia
Williamsport
Williamsport
Coordinates: 39°12′5″N 79°1′41″W / 39.20139°N 79.02806°W / 39.20139; -79.02806Coordinates: 39°12′5″N 79°1′41″W / 39.20139°N 79.02806°W / 39.20139; -79.02806
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGrant
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1549990[1]

Williamsport is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Grant County, West Virginia, USA. Williamsport is the birthplace of J.R. Clifford (1848-1933), West Virginia's first African-American attorney.

Joseph V. Williams, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.[2]

Notable residents[]

  • J. R. Clifford, who became West Virginia's first African-American attorney

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamsport, West Virginia
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 682.


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