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History · Nutter Fort

Nutter Fort dates to 1772, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 80% of U.S. towns. What drives it

1772founded
0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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How Nutter Fort began

When was Nutter Fort founded?

1772

Nutter Fort dates its founding to 1772 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1917.

2020 census: 1,493254 years

How historic is Nutter Fort?

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More historic than 80% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1917.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Nutter Fort’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Nutter Fort is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Nutter Fort’s overall grade.
Founding era1772, from Wikidata: founded before 1776, an older era than 96% of U.S. townsA+Homes built before 194033.0% of homes (±7.8) · typical WV town 13.0% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical WV town 29.6 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 80%
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West Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical West Virginia town has 29.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Nutter Fort’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (17% of West Virginia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1772.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.8 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Nutter Fort’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 Nutter Fort are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Nutter Fort’s homes were built before 1950.Older than the countryEstablished in 1772, 4 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nutter Fort’s history is told.

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The story

How Nutter Fort came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Nutter Fort.

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Nutter's Fort was built on Elk Creek in 1772. Historian Roy Bird Cook described it as a stockade built by the Nutter family on the east bank of the creek. The fort was one of several built in the region during the conflicts of the early 1770s and was described by e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia as one of the strongest. A historical postcard preserved by West Virginia University identifies Thomas Nutter as the founder of the fort and states that it was used by refugees fleeing raids in 1779. Roosevelt-Wilson High School was later built on the site.

ChaptersWest Virginia Blackberry Festival

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Nutter Fort, 1772 to 1952

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1772
    FoundingNutter Fort is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Post officeThe Nutter Fort post office opens
  5. 1952Post officeThe Nutter Fort post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Nutter Fort had its own post office from 1917 to 1952.

Nutter Fort
1917–1952
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Roosevelt-Wilson Junior High Schoolschool

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Clarksburg8 historic placesA+StonewoodIts storyC+

Questions about Nutter Fort’s history

What year was Nutter Fort founded?

In 1772, according to Wikidata. Nutter Fort’s post office opened in 1917.

How does Nutter Fort rank for history?

Nutter Fort is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Nutter Fort?

33% of Nutter Fort’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 13% for a West Virginia town; the median home was built in 1950.

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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).

From Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.