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Bloomery, Hampshire County, West Virginia




Originally known as Sherrard's Store in the late 18th Century , the community was renamed Bloomery reflecting its importance as a center for Iron smelting. The first of Bloomery's Iron Furnaces was constructed in 1770 . In 1814 , a Post Office was established here.


HISTORIC SITES

  • Bloomery Grist Mill (c. 1800 ), Bloomery Pike (WV Route 127)

  • Bloomery Presbyterian Church ( 1825 ), Bloomery Pike (WV Route 127)

  • Bloomery School, Sandy Hollow Road (County Route 45/1)

  • Fawcett House ("The Old Stone House"), Bloomery Pike (WV Route 127)

  • Hatch House, Smokey Hollow Road (County Route 6)

  • Old Bloomery Iron Furance, Bloomery Pike (WV Route 29)



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