View historical facts for Clarksburg:
- Clarksburg was named in 1778 for General George Rogers Clark and incorporated in 1785.
- Clarksburg Downtown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
- During the Civil War, Clarksburg served as a supply depot of the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. General George B. McClellan had his headquarters here in 1861 until the Battle of Bull Run.
- John Simpson camped here in 1764. He was the first white man in the area.
- Clarksburg is the birthplace of General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson.
- The Northwestern Turnpike, chartered in 1827, and begun in 1831, reached Clarksburg in 1836 and was macadamized from the Tygarts Valley River to Parkersburg in 1848.
- In 1840 there was an established daily line of stages and a regular mail service which made connection with Ohio River steamers at Parkersburg.
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Clarksburg from Grafton in 1856.
- The historic district of Clarksburg is mainly outlined by Hewes Avenue on the north, Main Street on the south, Chestnut Street on the west, and E B. Saunders Way [formerly Water Street] on the east.
- Many of the older homes can be found on East Main Street from Monticello Avenue to the Goff Plaza Bridge.