Historic Sites in Morgantown, WV - VisitMountaineerCountry.com (2024)

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Kern's Fort, also known as Michael Kerns' cabin, was built by Michael Kerns in 1772 and is the first permanent and oldest extant structure in the Morgantown area.

Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The most populous city in North Central West Virginia and the third-most populous city in the state, Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia University.

Charter. Morgantown was settled in 1772 by Zackquill Morgan. The Virginia Assembly chartered the territory in 1785 and the first lot sale was held. Morgan received the charter for the establishment of the town to be called Morgan's Town on October 17, 1785.

The Fairbanks House (1637-1641)

The Fairbanks House, located in Dedham, Massachusetts, is the oldest surviving timber-frame house in the United States.

The Sassi di Matera , ancient cave dwellings in the city of Matera, Basilicata region in South Italy. People have been living in the Sassi for around 9,000 years.

Before he was 'Don Knotts'⁠—Emmy Award-winning actor and TV personality⁠— he was Jesse Donald Knotts, born on July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, WV. Knotts grew up in the heart of Mountaineer Country, living in the boarding home owned and operated by his mother, and later attending Morgantown High School.

WVU hosts the world's first institute devoted to studying human memory and was ranked in the top 2.5% of 19,788 universities worldwide by the Center for World University Rankings.

Located 75 miles from Pittsburgh, this college town in West Virginia is a great place to spend the day eating, drinking and golfing with Bigfoot. I visited Morgantown, West Virginia, home to one of the nation's top party schools, on St. Patrick's Day.

Shepherdstown is the oldest town in West Virginia. The first settlement was recorded in 1730. Thomas Shepherd obtained a land grant in 1734 and was soon followed by other settlers. The town was originally named Mecklenburg in 1762, but then later changed to Shepherdstown in honor of its founder.

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Morgantown was named after Colonel Jacob Morgan, who laid out the town around 1770.

The cost of living in Morgantown, WV is 2% lower than the state average and 11% lower than the national average. Morgantown, WV housing is 25% cheaper than the U.S average, while utilities are about 7% less pricey.

The crime rate in Morgantown is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 29 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate.

Located in the heart of WVU's Downtown Campus, Martin Hall is the oldest building on the University campus. Completed in 1870, it was originally named University Hall.

The historic log cabin sitting proudly on a hilltop at Dubuque's Mathias Ham Historic Site has the distinction of being the city's and Iowa's oldest remaining house.

Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 but the oldest building in the Keystone State was built around 1640 in Drexel Hill, Delaware County. According to the Curbed Philadelphia, the building is a Lower Swedish Cabin that is two stories and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.