Stewartstown, West Virginia | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of West Virginia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Monongalia |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1263 |
Coordinates: | 39.7042°N -79.9006°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank Info: | 1547412 |
Stewartstown is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
William Stewart and his wife Elizabeth Givens Stewart originally settled Stewardstown in 1771.[1] It lies in the region of Monongalia County known as The Forks of Cheat,[2] so named because that is the area where the Cheat empties (forks) into the Monongahela River.
It is nestled close to the Cheat River, off US-119 on a bend in the river.
There in 1775, Rev John Corbly[3] [4] organized the Forks-of-the-Cheat Baptist Church,[5] the oldest continuously operating church in West Virginia.