Montcalm, WV

Montcalm is a census-designated place in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 575 residents. The first record of continuous European settlement of the Montcalm area is the 1840 census of Mercer County in what was then the state of Virginia. He, his wife, and six children lived on the farm that included a farmhouse, likely located on the lower slopes of Tabernacle Mountain, an orchard and in what would be today's Main Street, and a field of timothy grass. That mix gives Montcalm a clear local shape within West Virginia, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Montcalm is located along the Bluestone River. The Bluestone River has been identified as having significant PCB contamination and high levels of fecal coliform bacteria. Montcalm includes the Bluestone River.