Bigbend, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Big Bend, West Virginia Brooksville
Unincorporated community
38°57′49″N 81°9′42″W / 38.96361°N 81.16167°W / 38.96361; -81.16167
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Calhoun
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	26136

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] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26136.^[3]

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

^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bigbend, West Virginia
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
^ "(Untitled)". Baltimore Sun. August 16, 1856. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.