Hardy County, West Virginia
That year, the newly independent state's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government.This history is discussed in part 2 of the Henry Louis Gates television series African American Lives.Several miles wide, "the Valley," as it is commonly called, contains lands whose fertility lends itself to successful farming.Agriculture and stock raising have always been the main source of employment in this area, with corn, wheat, apples, peaches, melons, cattle and poultry having important interests.At times the usually calm waters surge from low banks and spread over the Valley, enveloping and ravishing the rich surrounding lands.This geological exception is now in the form of a narrow, trough-like gap, about seven miles (11 km) long, and appropriately called "The Trough".At the present day, the gorge is several hundred feet deep, and the South Branch flows in a narrow channel at the bottom, with almost perpendicular walls of rock on either side.At this period there were no bridges at Moorefield, and the South Branch had to be forded some three miles (4.8 km) up the Valley, or the ferryboat, which was usually busy, had to be used.The main towns that communicated with Moorefield were Petersburg, Romney, and New Creek (presently Keyser) the latter having a stage line between the two points.[18] However, since 1968, Hardy County has voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1996.Since 2000, it has seen the same significant increase in Republican support as the rest of socially conservative West Virginia.
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