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==History==
==History==
A post office called Gladesville was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WV |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=17 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306180021/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WV |archivedate=6 March 2016 |df= }}</ref> The community was named for a glade near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=298;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=270}}</ref>
A post office called Gladesville was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WV |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=17 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306180021/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WV |archivedate=6 March 2016 }}</ref> The community was named for a glade near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=298;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=270}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:12, 1 October 2019

Gladesville is an unincorporated community in Preston County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

History

A post office called Gladesville was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1907.[2] The community was named for a glade near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gladesville, West Virginia
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 270.

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