Place:Bayard, Grant, West Virginia, United States

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NameBayard
TypeTown
Coordinates39.272°N 79.365°W
Located inGrant, West Virginia, United States
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Bayard is a town in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 200 at the 2020 census.[1] Bayard was incorporated in 1893 and named in honor of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., who later became a United States senator from Delaware (1923–1929). Bayard was founded on the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railroad as a coal mining community. Coal mining has remained the town's chief industry.

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