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Booth’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Booth. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Booth is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Booth is located along County Route 45 near the Monongahela River, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) southwest of Morgantown. Booth had a post office, which opened on December 24, 1926, and closed on November 9, 2002. An early variant name was River Seam.

Half of its homes were built before 1956.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Booth yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Booth

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Don KnottsDon KnottsMorgantown · 5 miJoe ManchinJoe ManchinFarmington · 14 miMary Lou RettonMary Lou RettonFairmont · 11 miDavid SelbyDavid SelbyMorgantown · 5 miElizabeth McLaughlinElizabeth McLaughlinMorgantown · 5 miJohnnie JohnsonJohnnie JohnsonFairmont · 11 mi
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Booth, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Booth is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Booth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Harmony Grove Meeting House in Booth, 1.6 miles away.

Booth and the nearest listed places

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Harmony Grove Meeting HouseDents Run Covered BridgeFord HouseChancery Hill Historic DistrictKincaid and Arnett Feed and Flour BuildingChancery Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Closest to Booth

Harmony Grove Meeting HouseBooth · Building1.6miDents Run Covered BridgeBooth · Built 18892.1miFord HouseMorgantown · Building3.4miChancery Hill Historic DistrictMorgantown · District3.4miKincaid and Arnett Feed and Flour BuildingMorgantown · Building3.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Harmony Grove Meeting House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Booth?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Booth’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Westover📜 Granville📜 Star City📜 Morgantown
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