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Nutter Fort, West Virginia
Motto(s): 
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Location of Nutter Fort in Harrison County, West Virginia.
Location of Nutter Fort in Harrison County, West Virginia.
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Harrison
Area
 • Total 0.89 sq mi (2.30 km2)
 • Land 0.89 sq mi (2.30 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,056 ft (322 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,593
 • Estimate 
(2019)
1,512
 • Density 1,700.79/sq mi (656.40/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26301
Area code(s) 304
FIPS code 54-59836
GNIS feature ID 1555248

Nutter Fort is a town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, incorporated in 1923. The town is a southeastern suburb of Clarksburg. Since 1996, Nutter Fort has held the West Virginia Blackberry Festival during the first weekend of August. The population was 1,593 at the 2010 census. The town is also home to the Harrison County Sheriffs Department and the Harrison County Bureau of Emergency Services.

History

Nuttersfort
Nutter's Fort Monument

Arriving in the early 1770s, the families of brothers Thomas, Matthew, John, and Christopher Nutter were early European settlers to western Virginia. Thomas Nutter had received a land grant for 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) of land along Elk Creek in what was then Monongalia County. Together with the settlers Obadiah and Daniel Davisson, the Nutters constructed a fort in 1772, later known as Nutter's Fort, said to have been one of the strongest forts south of Fort Pitt. Located on the eastern side of Elk Creek, the fort was used by the Virginia state militia from 1776-1780 in conflicts with Native Americans. Thomas Nutter served as a captain in the Revolutionary Army and died in early August 1808. When the community was incorporated in 1923, it took its name to honor both Nutter and the original settlement. A marker at the Nutter Fort campus of West Virginia Business College (formerly the location of Roosevelt-Wilson High School) indicates where the fort was located.

Geography

Nutter Fort is located at 39°15′44″N 80°19′21″W / 39.26222°N 80.32250°W / 39.26222; -80.32250 (39.262163, -80.322389), along Elk Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.85 square miles (2.20 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1930 1,825
1940 1,803 −1.2%
1950 2,285 26.7%
1960 2,440 6.8%
1970 2,379 −2.5%
1980 2,078 −12.7%
1990 1,819 −12.5%
2000 1,686 −7.3%
2010 1,593 −5.5%
2019 (est.) 1,512 −5.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,593 people, 743 households, and 436 families living in the town. The population density was 1,874.1 inhabitants per square mile (723.6/km2). There were 826 housing units at an average density of 971.8 per square mile (375.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.4% White, 0.8% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 743 households, of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.3% were non-families. 36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.74.

The median age in the town was 41.8 years. 19.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 19.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

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