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Hancock County was formed in 1848 in the home of Sam C. Allison in Fairview, also known as Pughtown and New Manchester. In the election for county seat, New Cumberland won by 13, but refusal to move led to another vote and a majority of 46 in 1850 to move. In a May 1853 vote, New Manchester won the seat by a majority of 1 for the next 31 years. An election in 1884 made New Cumberland the permanent county seat.
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New Cumberland, West Virginia · United States
