Wardensville in Hardy County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Population Center
Photographed by Craig Swain, October 11, 2009
1. Population Center Marker
Erected by West Virginia Archives and History.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 39° 4.805′ N, 78° 35.525′ W. Marker was in Wardensville, West Virginia, in Hardy County. It was on Main Street (U.S. 48), on the right when traveling north. Located in front of the county information center and conference center. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Wardensville WV 26851, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in the Eastern Panhandle. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Wardensville (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Wardensville (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Son of Man (approx. 0.4 miles away);
this page online
Another marker is no longer nearby. Wardensville (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.
Also see . . . Centers of Population. If the United States map were perfectly balanced on a point, this point would be its physical centroid. Currently this point is located in Phelps County, Missouri, in the east-central part of the state. However, when Washington, D.C. was chosen as the federal capital of the United States in 1790, the center of the U.S. population was in Kent County, Maryland, a mere 47 miles (76 km) east-northeast of the new capital. Over the last two centuries, the mean center of United States population has progressed westward and, since 1930, southwesterly, reflecting population drift. (Submitted on October 12, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
Photographed by Craig Swain, October 11, 2009
2. Markers in front of the Visitor Center
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 17, 2020
3. Population Center Marker
Unfortunately, the marker has been removed or is missing.
the Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau
4. Mean Center of Population for the United States
Click on image to enlarge. This map shows county boundaries.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,518 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 12, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3. submitted on July 17, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4. submitted on December 14, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
