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History · Booth

Booth’s post office opened in 1926, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1904 on and old-book passages.

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How Booth began

When was Booth founded?

1926

The Booth post office opened in 1926, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 342100 years
Founding year: the first Booth post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Booth’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Booth are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19045 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1997. Watch Booth change.Old housesHalf of Booth’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Booth’s history is told.

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On the map

Booth on the map, 1904 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Booth. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Booth on the 1904 USGS mapBooth on the 1923 USGS mapBooth on the 1960 USGS mapBooth on the 1976 USGS mapBooth on the 1997 USGS map1904Blacksville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Booth.

The story so far

Booth, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Booth yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Booth is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Booth is located along County Route 45 near the Monongahela River, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) southwest of Morgantown. Booth had a post office, which opened on December 24, 1926, and closed on November 9, 2002. An early variant name was River Seam.

Its first post office opened in 1926.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Booth in 1900

Passages that mention Booth, cut from the printed page as they were published.

John Booth, heir to James Booth, is entitled to four hundred acres on Booth creek in the forks of Monongahela river, to include a settlement made in 1771.
History, Monongalia County1900 · page 142Read the page →
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John Booth, heir to James Booth, is entitled to four hundred acres on Booth creek in the forks of Monongahela river, to include a settlement made in 1771.

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John Wickwire, assignee of James Templeton, is entitled to 400 acres on Booth creek, to include his settlement made in 1774. Jacob Prickett is entitled to 400 acres on Monongahela river, to include his settlement made in 1772.
History, Monongalia County1900 · page 180Read the page →
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John Wickwire, assignee of James Templeton, is entitled to 400 acres on Booth creek, to include his settlement made in 1774. Jacob Prickett is entitled to 400 acres on Monongahela river, to include his settlement made in 1772.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Booth, 1904 to 1996

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1926Post officeThe Booth post office opens
  4. 1996Post officeThe Booth post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Booth

Nobody well known was born in Booth itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Don KnottsAmerican actor and stand-up comedian · b. 1924
Joe ManchinAmerican politician and businessman · b. 1947
Mary Lou RettonAmerican gymnast · b. 1968
David SelbyAmerican actor · b. 1941
Johnnie JohnsonAmerican musician · b. 1924
Fuzzy KnightAmerican film actor · b. 1901
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Booth had its own post office from 1926 to 1996.

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Waitman Barbe Elementary SchoolschoolWaitman-Barbe Junior High Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Booth’s history

What year was Booth founded?

The Booth post office opened in 1926, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.