Editing Blacksville, West Virginia (section)

== History ==
The town is named after David Black,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kenny |first=Hamill |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=146 |title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains |publisher=The Place Name Press |year=1945 |location=Piedmont, WV |page=118}}</ref> a [[civil engineer]] from [[Virginia]] who came to the area in 1800. Black was eventually able to secure {{convert|100|acre}} of land for $50. Black then requested a patent in the summer of 1829, to lay out 160 acres of his land and sell plots in a move similar to creating a subdivision today.<ref name="observer-reporter.com">{{Cite web |title=Blacksville |url=https://observer-reporter.com/publications/greenecoliving/blacksville/article_77f8f848-dc0d-5405-a61b-5976c7108feb.amp.html |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=observer-reporter.com}}</ref> On February 3, 1830, the [[Virginia General Assembly|General Assembly of Virginia]] passed an act, establishing the town as a [[Municipal corporation|Municipal Corporation]] and naming it Blacksville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geocaching |title=Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site |url=http://www.geocaching.com/ |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=geocaching.com |language=en}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Blacksville became an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] on June 20, 1863. With the creation of the [[U.S. state]] of [[West Virginia]], the [[West Virginia Legislature]] then re-[[Incorporated town|incorporated]] the town in October 1897.<ref name="observer-reporter.com"/>