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Blacksville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 171 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blacksville was founded in 1829 by David Black, and named for him.
Email Address: cblavkshearga@accessatc.net. Blackshear, the county seat of Pierce County, honors General David Blackshear, the commander who led the troops that constructed Blackshear Road, a route between Hartford and the Flint River in the early 1800s. The Marion Anderson Library Black Heritage Collection in Blackshear contains about 300 volumes and oil paintings addressing black heritage.