Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 as a private subscription school by several residents of Guyandotte and the surrounding area, on a site once known as Maple Grove (now part of Huntington, but then the home of the Mount Hebron Church).
On March 30, 1838, the institution was formally dedicated by the Virginia General Assembly as Marshall Academy; however, the majo...
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Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 as a private subscription school by several residents of Guyandotte and the surrounding area, on a site once known as Maple Grove (now part of Huntington, but then the home of the Mount Hebron Church).
On March 30, 1838, the institution was formally dedicated by the Virginia General Assembly as Marshall Academy; however, the majority of its course offerings remained below the college level. In 1858, the Virginia General Assembly changed the name to Marshall College. The Civil War closed the often financially-challenged school for much of the 1860s.
On June 20, 1863, Cabell County, Virginia, was one of the 50 counties separated from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War, and the college fell under the jurisdiction of the new state of West Virginia. In 1867, the West Virginia Legislature resurrected the institution as a teacher training facility and renamed...
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