| 词条 | Adamston, West Virginia |
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Adamston, West Virginia is a former town in Harrison County, West Virginia, incorporated in 1903. It was the former site of a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad depot and a post office. It is now a neighborhood of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Adamston was named for Josias Adams, the original owner of the town site.[1] It attained some national attention in 1912 when it elected a Socialist mayor and city government, some of whom were re-elected in 1915. Among the contributing factors in the victory, according to later analysis, were the strong involvement of the window glass factory workers, and the commitment of a large portion of the Belgian-American population of the town.[2] In 1917, Adamston, along with Broad Oaks, North View (where Progressives had had success) and Stealer Heights, was annexed to Clarksburg.[3] It was generally understood that part of the reason for annexation was to diminish the political power of glassworker enclaves in these small municipalities. Sources
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=101|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=73}} {{coord|39|17|26|N|80|21|28|W|type:city_region:US-WV_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{HarrisonCountyWV-geo-stub}}2. ^Fones-Wolf, Ken Glass towns: industry, labor and political economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007; pp. 113-145 3. ^State and municipal compendium, Volume 4. William B. Dana Company, 1931; p. 185 7 : 1903 establishments in West Virginia|Belgian-American culture in West Virginia|Populated places established in 1903|Clarksburg, West Virginia|Geography of Harrison County, West Virginia|Socialism in the United States|Former municipalities in West Virginia |
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