Glenville
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About Glenville
Glenville is a town of about 1,100 people (2021) and the county seat of Gilmer County, on the Little Kanawha River. It is home to Glenville State University, Cedar Creek State Park and several industrial companies, as well as a federal prison.
Glenville travel guide
Getting there
Glenville is at the intersection of US-119 and WV-5. 16 miles to the east is I-79, about a 25-minute drive.
Do
1 Cedar Creek State Park, 2947 Cedar Creek Rd (about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Glenville; if hauling a camper, it is best to travel Route 5 through Glenville, not through Cedarville and Copen Road), ☏ +1 304-462-8517. It has camping facilities, hiking trails, swimming pool, a restored schoolhouse and a chain of 3 small ponds. The old one-room schoolhouse complete with restored school desks and potbellied stove is open for tours on Saturdays in the summer. (updated Sep 2023) WV State Folk Festival, Various venues around town. 3 days in mid-June. Singing, story-telling, arts and crafts, 5K race, fiddle and banjo contest, square dancing. (updated Sep 2023)
Buy
The Gilmer County Farmers Market is open from May-October at 720 N Lewis St.
Go next
Weston is 40 minutes east on US-119 Sutton is 45 minutes south on WV-5 and I-79 Spencer is almost an hour west on US-119
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.