Adamston, West Virginia
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Adamston, West Virginia is a former town in Harrison County, West Virginia,[1] incorporated in 1903. It was the former site of a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad depot and a post office. It is now a neighborhood of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Adamston was named for Josias Adams, the original owner of the town site.[2] It attained some national attention in 1912 when it elected a Socialist mayor and city government, some of whom were re-elected in 1915. Among the contributing factors in the victory, according to later analysis, were the strong involvement of the window glass factory workers, and the commitment of a large portion of the Belgian-American population of the town.[3]
In 1917, Adamston, along with Broad Oaks, North View (where Progressives had had success) and Stealer Heights, was annexed to Clarksburg.[4] It was generally understood that part of the reason for annexation was to diminish the political power of glassworker enclaves in these small municipalities.
Sources
- McClennen, Molly Ann, and Stephen Edward Cresswell. Socialists in a Small Town: The Socialist Victory in Adamston, West Virginia. Buckhannon, West Virginia: Ralston, 1992.
