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History · White Hall

White Hall was first counted by the census in 2000

Most of White Hall was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 2000.

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0on the National Register
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How White Hall began

When was White Hall founded?

2000

White Hall first appears in the census in 2000.

First census: 595 in 20002020 census: 70026 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about White Hall’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 White Hall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1997. Watch White Hall change.
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Start White Hall’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Hall’s history is told.

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On the map

White Hall on the map, 1902 to 1997

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

White Hall on the 1902 USGS mapWhite Hall on the 1923 USGS mapWhite Hall on the 1958 USGS mapWhite Hall on the 1976 USGS mapWhite Hall on the 1997 USGS map1902Fairmont 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 White Hall.

The story so far

White Hall, in brief

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

White Hall is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 706 at the 2020 census. Incorporated on December 8, 1992, White Hall is adjacent to the county seat, Fairmont, and is part of the Fairmont, West Virginia, Micropolitan Statistical Area. White Hall has many different stores and restaurants.

Its first post office opened in 2000. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 648 to 700 (+8%).

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

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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People over time

White Hall, census by census

010020030040050060070020002020Peak: 700

Between 595 and 700 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on White Hall’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to White Hall

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

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Stonewall JacksonGeneral of the Confederate Army in the American… · b. 1824
Cyrus VanceUnited States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1… · b. 1917
Joe ManchinAmerican politician and businessman · b. 1947
Mary Lou RettonAmerican gymnast · b. 1968
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Frances Benjamin JohnstonAmerican photographer, photojournalist · b. 1864
John William DavisAmerican politician, presidential candidate · b. 1873
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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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.

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Questions about White Hall’s history

What year was White Hall founded?

The White Hall post office opened in 2000, 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.