The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPine Grove is a town in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 363 at the 2020 census. The community was named for a grove of pine trees near the original town site. The town is one mile north of Dominion Energy's large Hastings Extraction Station, which separates natural gas into various subproducts such as butane. The Hastings plant is unique in that there are traffic signals approximately 0.75 mile away from the plant in either direction to stop traffic in case of an emergency. Pine Grove is also home to Valley High School.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 552 to 363 (-34%). Half of its homes were built before 1950.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Grove 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Grove’s history is told.
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Pine Grove, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Pine Grove is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Grove has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is North Street Historic District in New Martinsville, 10.9 miles away.
Pine Grove and the nearest listed places
Closest to Pine Grove
North Street Historic DistrictNew Martinsville · District10.9mi
New Martinsville Downtown Historic DistrictNew Martinsville · District11mi
War Memorial BuildingNew Martinsville · Building11.1mi
William Wells HouseMiddlebourne · Building11.6mi
Center Point Covered BridgeWallace · Long Truss · Built 188812.3miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.