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Welcome to the Greater Clarksburg area of Harrison County, population 18,000. The city of Clarksburg enjoys the amenities of the largest city in the region with the advantages of a small hometown community. A rich mix of retail, industry and government services, a thriving business community exists along with an abundance of recreational facilities and one of the best-preserved historic downtowns in the state.

Contact the Greater Clarksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau at 304-622-2157. We’ll assist you with information about our city and necessary phone numbers.

Approximately 6,000 professionals work in the downtown area each weekday. And approximately $60 million dollars have been invested in the city of Clarksburg through private and public projects in progress. These include the new Fairmount State College-Clarksburg Campus accommodating 2,500 students in the state-of-the-art learning center.

Clarksburg Federal Building opened in 1999 gathering all federal agencies in the city, nearly 250 employees into a 3-story building.

A major boost to the Clarksburg economy came from the 986-acre FBI Criminal Justice and Information Services Fingerprint Identification Division Complex within the city. This complex is the headquarters of all digital fingerprints in the United States and employs nearly 3,000 but excluding the many support industries that continue to emerge around it.

The city’s 800-acre industrial park (Harrison County Business and Technology Center), is creating opportunities for new or expanding business industries in the area . Currently, Winfield Industries, Thrasher Engineering, Columbia Gas and Unifirst Corporation are located in the center. The center is served by CSX Railroad and strategically located adjacent to 179 and US Route 50.

The medical community in Clarksburg is strong and continues to grow. The areas only hospital complex, United Hospital Center, is located in Clarksburg along Route 20. The hospital supports 90 physicians and nearly 500 nurses. In addition, Clarksburg has over 50 medical private practice and clinic locations throughout the city. Also, the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center serves veterans from 26 counties in West Virginia and portions of three adjacent states.