Place:Williamsport, Grant, West Virginia, United States

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NameWilliamsport
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates39.2°N 79.017°W
Located inGrant, West Virginia, United States
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Williamsport is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Grant County, West Virginia, USA. Williamsport is the birthplace of J.R. Clifford (1848-1933), West Virginia's first African-American attorney.

Joseph V. Williams, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.

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