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'''Helvetia''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Randolph County, West Virginia|Randolph County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. As of the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]], its population was 59.<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 38.<ref>{{Cite web
▲[[Image:Helvetia WV-Shield Sign.jpg|thumb|right|Sign in Helvetia, West Virginia]]
▲'''Helvetia''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Randolph County, West Virginia|Randolph County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. As of the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]], its population was 59.<ref name="GR8" /> According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 38.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=US Census |title=Search Results |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=The United States Census Bureau |language=EN-US}}</ref> The isolated community was settled by [[Swiss people|Swiss]] starting in 1869, and is known today for maintaining Swiss traditions, food, and folkways.
== History ==
[[File:Helvetia West Virginia Historical Marker Sign.jpg|alt=Settled by a group of Swiss and German immigrants who came via Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1869. Later groups arriving from Switzerland and other parts of U.S. boosted 1874 population to 308.|thumb|
After the end of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], a group of Swiss and German-speaking immigrants calling themselves the ''Grütliverein'' ([[Grütli]] Society) formed in [[Brooklyn]], New York. The members agreed that they would all emigrate to another section of the country together when the time was right.
A member of the society named Isler surveyed large swaths of the eastern West Virginia mountains for a [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-based firm
They reached a plot that was on offer for sale on October 20, and were disappointed by the extreme thickness of the wilderness in this lightly settled and rugged country. The land was very reasonably priced, though, and they had offers of other assistance from the land agents in Clarksburg if they would encourage further settlement in the area. After hearing the report of this exploration, the society members
At the beginning of 1871, there were thirty-two people living in the community. A new arrival in that year, C.E. Lutz, became the local land agent and wrote advertisements in English and German for papers across the country extolling the virtues of the settlement. Lutz's methods would later face scrutiny from both American and Swiss authorities, and he would be investigated in 1880 by West Virginia State Senator Joseph J. Woods.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fones-Wolf |first1=Ken |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.08892 |title=Transnational West Virginia: ethnic communities and economic change, 1840-1940 |last2=Lewis |first2=Ronald L. |date=2003 |publisher=West Virginia University Press |hdl=2027/heb.08892 |isbn=978-0-937058-76-3 |language=en}}</ref>
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The [[Helvetia Village Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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