Dailey in Randolph County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

U.S. Homestead

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 12, 2010

1. U.S. Homestead Marker

Inscription. A federal New Deal project to move families back to the land during the Great Depression. Homes had water, electricity, barn, chicken coop, cellar and garden. Community had school, store, gas station, workshops, lumber mill, and quarry. U.S. government built 198 homes at Valley Bend and Dailey. Sold to private owners in 1946-47.

Erected 2008 by West Virginia Archives & History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list.

Location. 38° 47.944′ N, 79° 53.765′ W. Marker is in Dailey, West Virginia, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of Seneca Trail (U.S. 219) and Georgetown Road (County Route 21), on the left when traveling north on Seneca Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dailey WV 26259, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tygart Valley Homesteads (approx. 0.8 miles away); West Virginia Historic New Deal / CCC Trail (approx. 0.8 miles away); Stalnaker Cabin Site & Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); Jacob Stalnaker

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(approx. 1½ miles away); Humboldt Yokum House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Edward Hart House (approx. 3 miles away); Isaac Baker House (approx. 3 miles away); Birkett-Cresap (approx. 3 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Edward Hart House (was approx. 3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Seneca Trail & Georgetown Rd (facing north) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 12, 2010

2. Seneca Trail & Georgetown Rd (facing north)

Seneca Trail & Georgetown Rd (facing south) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 12, 2010

3. Seneca Trail & Georgetown Rd (facing south)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,171 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.