16 HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 



Towns and Industries. 



There are four incorporated towns in Gilmer County, all 

 of them being small and devoted principally to the supply of 

 their respective country trades. 



Glenvilk. 



Glenville, the county seat of Gilmer, is located on the 

 Little Kanawha River, 12 miles from the Coal and Coke Rail- 

 way at Gilmer Station, and 27 miles from Weston. Supplies 

 are hauled principally from Gilmer Station, but there is a daily 

 mail service both to Gilmer and Weston and in summer auto- 

 mobile hack lines furnish fairly convenient communication 

 with both places. It was incorporated March 10, 1856, the 

 first town election being held by B. Conrad, George E. Ball 

 and Preston Pew. The present population (Census of 1910) 

 is 336. The town lies in the midst of a good farming commu- 

 nity, and also has the county business, as well as one of the 

 State Normal Schools. 



Glenville State Normal School. The State of West Vir- 

 ginia maintains a Normal School in Glenville that adds ma- 

 terially to the business prosperity and educational welfare of 

 the community. The institution employs, in addition to the 

 Principal, Prof. S. O. Bond, sixteen instructors and has an 



