Big Bend, West Virginia
Brooksville
Unincorporated community
Big Bend is located in West Virginia
Big Bend
Big Bend
Location within the state of West Virginia
Big Bend is located in the United States
Big Bend
Big Bend
Big Bend (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°57′49″N 81°9′42″W / 38.96361°N 81.16167°W / 38.96361; -81.16167
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyCalhoun
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26136

Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the Little Kanawha River.[1] Its elevation is 682 feet (208 m).[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26136.[3]

Big Bend was previously known as Brooksville, in honor of Preston Brooks, pro-slavery representative from South Carolina, who attacked and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. At that time it was the county seat.[4] At the end of the Civil War, and West Virginia's separation from Virginia, it was replaced by a new county seat with the name of Union General Ulysses Grant.

References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bigbend, West Virginia
  3. ↑ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. ↑ "(Untitled)". Baltimore Sun. August 16, 1856. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.


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