Bigbend, West Virginia

Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the Little Kanawha River.[1] Its elevation is 682 feet (208 m).[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 26136.[3]

Big Bend, West Virginia

Brooksville
Unincorporated community
Big Bend
Location within the state of West Virginia
Big Bend
Big Bend (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°57′49″N 81°9′42″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyCalhoun
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26136

Big Bend was previously known as Brooksville, in honor of Preston Brooks, pro-slavery representative from South Carolina, who attacked and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. At that time it was the county seat.[4] At the end of the Civil War, and West Virginia's separation from Virginia, it was replaced by a new county seat with the name of Union General Ulysses Grant.

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bigbend, West Virginia
  3. Zip Code Lookup
  4. "(Untitled)". Baltimore Sun. August 16, 1856. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.


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