Editing Paden City, West Virginia (section)

== History ==
The town was named for Pennsylvania-born Obediah Paden (1755-1822), a local landowner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=493;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=467}}; Randy Rutherford, 'The Good Old Days: Obediah Paden' ''Wetzel Chronicle'' 22 December 2021, https://www.wetzelchronicle.com/news/your-community/2021/12/22/the-good-old-days-obediah-paden/</ref> Nearby Paden Island and Paden Fork were also named for this individual,<ref>'New Town Booming' ''Sistersville Oil Review'', 15 August 1903 p.1</ref> and the entire region, when owned by Paden, was known as Paden's Bottom.<ref>Randy Rutherford, 'The Good Old Days: Obediah Paden' ''Wetzel Chronicle'' 22 December 2021, https://www.wetzelchronicle.com/news/your-community/2021/12/22/the-good-old-days-obediah-paden/</ref>

The Paden City Pottery Company was established in 1911 by a  European, John Lessel.  He started his company there because Paden City had large clay deposits.  At one time the company employed over 400 people.  It made beautiful pottery and quality sets of dishes.  It closed in 1950 but its products are still available for sale on many websites selling vintage dishware.