Here's a quiz for HCGS-ers: What name(s) is associated with North View's orgin? a. Pine Grove b. Cottrill's Roost c. Manayka d. North Knob e. Pinnickinnick Flat f. North Glen g. It had three names h. All of the above i. None of the above - it's always been North View ANSWER: Three names: Pine Grove, North View, and Manayka. It's a tricky answer - and I hope I have this right! According to Davis's History of Harrison County, WV (p. 277), there were only two houses in the North View area during the Civil War era - the Wickes and Sehon homes. Because the approach to the Wickes house was through a row of pines - the area became known as "PINE GROVE". As early as 1871, some lots were laid out in the eastern part by subsequent owners, and in the 1880s & '90s, some of it was used as farm and cattle land. It wasn't until September of 1896, that "NORTH VIEW" came into being, when it was advertised as a new development by the Pine Grove Land and Improvement Company. The company built a windmill in the center of 100 lots to provide water. Back then, most little villages surrounding Clarksburg had their own post offices. North View opened its post office in a store in 1904. (Davis, History of Harrison County, p.277; Clarksburg Telegram May 14, 1904). But apparently, if you bought a lot in the North View area, that didn't necessarily guarantee that North View was your official address - you may have lived in MANAYKA - the name of a post office, according to the WV Archives, which existed between 1918-1935! Even birth certificates listed "Manayka" as the place of birth. Here are a few SOURCES for the placename, "Manayka" (North View): 1. WV Archives and History website lists placename: "MANAYKA, Harrison, 1918-1935" 2. Carnes, John, Pvt, Pride Ave, MANAYKA, WV BATTERY "E" - 314th Field Artillery, WWI Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/314/314-rostere.txt 3. REVISED LIST OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR (I) January 1, 1922 West Virginia The Adjutant General's Office, Charleston: Miller, Icel Pvt Feb 5-18 Broncho pneumonia MANAYKA Btry D 1 Trench Mortar Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/military/ww1/domj-r.txt 4. Paul E. Maxwell states in his fact-filled article within "Harrison County Heritage 1784-1995", that North View derived its name from a subdivision "near the turn of the century". He states that the post office was "oddly enough called MANAYKE (sic)." (Also see: http://www.olgaswritings.com/) 5. Clarksburger, Bernice Holbert, said her older sister's birth certificate states her place of birth as MANAYKA. Bernice's family lived on or near 19th Street. (Freddie Layman, Clarksburg,WV) By now, we are all asking the same question (myself included): Whatever could the source be for the name "Manayka"? I believe Manayka is a first name. Could this name have come from one of the original families who first settled there - OR from one of the immigrant families who arrived there in the early 20th century? ...Somebody go and ask Grandpa! - Sharon Sprouse Bramhall (Corrections, comments?)