This historil marker offers a brief history of the Town of Fort Gay, a village tablished 1789. The land that would bee the muny of Fort Gay was part of the Vanuver Land Grant which clud 15,000 acr around the nfluence of the Tug and Levisa Rivers. At this pot, the two rivers form the Big Sandy River and give the centraly of that river to the area, is likely that this area was explored by Gee Washgton durg the Great Kanawha expedn 1770. The village was origally known as Cassville until the name was changed to Fort Gay durg the Civil War. While the precise reason for the name change is bated, the leadg theory is that the name is related to the service of a Civil War nurse named Gay and the proximy of Fort Gallup Louisa.
Contents:
- FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA
- TOWN OF FORT GAY HISTORIL MARKER
- FORT GAY GENEALOGY ( WAYNE COUNTY, WV)
- FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA
- FORT GAY HIGH SCHOOL
- FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA FACTS FOR KIDS
- FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA POPULATN 2023
FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA
Fort Gay, Wt Virgia (WV), a muny on the Big Sandy River Wayne County, stands where the Tug Fork and Louisa River jo to form the Big Sandy. * fort gay wv history *
A historil marker at Fort Gay, WV (Wt Virgia), memorat the muny's tablishment.
TOWN OF FORT GAY HISTORIL MARKER
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Fort Gay, WV (Wt Virgia), a muny on the Big Sandy River Wayne County, was chartered 1875 as "Cassville. " Its name was changed to Fort Gay 1932 to memorate the lotn of Fort Gallup, which had been suated across the river at Louisa, Kentucky. The Tug Fork River and Louisa River jo at Fort Gay to form the Big Sandy River.
FORT GAY GENEALOGY ( WAYNE COUNTY, WV)
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Lodgg near Fort Gay, Wt Virgia. Fort Gay (WV) Hotels. Fort Gay is loted on highway US-52 approximately 16 southwt of the unty seat at Wayne, Wt Virgia, and 23 south of the Oh River and the I-64 exprsway at Kenova, Wt Virgia.
Map of Fort Gay, Wt Virgia.
FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA
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Fort Gay is loted the Hatfield & McCoy Regn wtern Wt Virgia. IntroductnThis historil marker offers a brief history of the Town of Fort Gay, a village tablished 1789. The land that would bee the muny of Fort Gay was part of the Vanuver Land Grant which clud 15, 000 acr around the nfluence of the Tug and Levisa Rivers.
The village was origally known as Cassville until the name was changed to Fort Gay durg the Civil War. While the precise reason for the name change is bated, the leadg theory is that the name is related to the service of a Civil War nurse named Gay and the proximy of Fort Gallup Louisa.
ImagSurvey of the Vanuver Land official historil marker for Fort First Needle Dam the Uned Stat 1896 loted Fort Gay Backstory and ContextThe land that beme Fort Gay was utilized for centuri by area trib for centuri. In 1789, ten settlers who were workg wh Charl Vanuver surveyed the land and settled farms the area where Fort Gay is now loted.
FORT GAY HIGH SCHOOL
I spent the first sixteen years of my life growg up the Fort Gay, WV area Durg my four years at Fort Gay High School, I don't rell ever hearg mentn ma of a se lled the Wildt Branch Petroglyphs. I had an email om John Plymale a few days ago and he brought… * fort gay wv history *
Durg this short perd, Fort Gay was known as the Vanuver town would later be the first permanent settlement what would bee Wayne County, Wt Virgia. The nfluence of the Tug Fork River and the Levisa Fork River jo at Fort Gay explas the reason why this land was chosen. This settlement was origally known as Cassville and sometime around 1875 was simultaneoly known by that name as well as Fort Gay.
The settlement got the nickname, Fort Gay the midst of the Civil War and before long, the nickname beme the official name of the muny. There are two theori as to why Fort Gay beme the preferred name, the first beg that Wt Virgia already had one muny on the eastern si of the state that was known as Cassville.
The send is relatn to the way a lol Civil War nurse named Gay had bee so closely intified wh the small village the ey of some Civil War veterans and their fai.
FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA FACTS FOR KIDS
Fort Gay, Wt Virgia's History, Trivia, Facts and more. * fort gay wv history *
Fort Gay lost s lol school to ral nsolidatn 1988 and the old Fort Gay High School near this marker has remaed empty for s. However, December 2019, the Coalfield Development Corporatn announced that New Day Fort Gay has received a grant to rtore the old buildg and transform to affordable apartment buildgs.
FORT GAY, WT VIRGIA POPULATN 2023
Fort Gay High School was tablished 1929 to serve the tnal needs of a growg populatn the small town. It was origally named Butler District High School before beg renamed 1933. The current buildg was nstcted 1931 the popular Bex-Arts style. Declg enrollment ed the high school to be closed 1987 and nsolidated wh Cm High School to Tolsia High School. The buildg remas standg and is the only origal high school the unty that retas much of s historic archectural tegry. It was add to the Natnal Register of Historic Plac 2017. * fort gay wv history *
Plan Works for Old Fort Gay Highschool to be Given New Life, WSAZ.
Gay, WV, Map Qut. Om 1838 tails Fort Gay land orig, Herald Dispatch News.
Accs the most recent cens populatn rmatn for Fort Gay, Wt Virgia, cludg a populatn profile and history. * fort gay wv history *
Mayor se historic lock-and-dam plex as key to Fort Gay's future, Charlton Gazette Mail. Of Fort Gay, Wt Virgia, Fort Gay, Wt Virgia.
NOTE: Addnal rerds that apply to Fort Gay are also found through the Wayne County and Wt Virgia pag.