Marion County Timeline
1763 - John Beall settles on Buffalo Creek.
1770 - John Ice settled at the forks of the Buffalo.
1774 - Dunmore's War
1776 - The town of Pleasantville becomes the first legal town in Virgina west of the Allegheny Mountains.
1786 - Robert Rutherford has the town of Mannington surveyed.
1814 - Boaz Fleming begins circulating a petition to form a new county.
1820 - Middletown (now Fairmont) established.
1814 - Boaz Fleming begins efforts to create a new county, to be named Madison County. 1820 - Middletown chartered
1837 - A Post Office is established at Rivesville (formerly Pleasantville).
1842 - Marion County formed.
1843 - The name of Middletown is changed to Fairmont.
1868 - Fairmont State Normal School established.
1876 - Fire destroys much of Fairmont's business district.
1899 - Fairmont enlarged to include West Fairmont and Palatine.
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