Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 11

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Location	West Virginia
Year	1868
City	Farmington
State	WV
Nickname	Excelsior
Found by	Bruce Allardice

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 14 says that Farmington formed the Excelsior BBC in 1868.

Farmington WV(current pop. under 400) is about 20 miles SW of Morgantown.

Sources

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"