Big Bend, West Virginia
Brooksville | |
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Coordinates: 38°57′49″N 81°9′42″W / 38.96361°N 81.16167°W | |
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.