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Situated along a road originally cut by frontiersman Francis Farley during the late 18th century, Shady Spring was named for the nearby spring that served area residents and passersby with a continuous water source. Business activity in the area dates to 1832. During the Civil War, the turnpikes that met here proved crucial to campaigns into and around the Kanawha Valley.
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Shady Spring, West Virginia · United States
