[citation needed] At one point it was the largest underground coal mine in the world in terms of gross production, mining the Pittsburgh coal seam.

The plant, which was built in the early 1990s is controlled by Edison International and generates electricity using a fluidized bed combustion boiler process burning waste coal.

Grant Town is the location of a number of the stories of the West Virginia ghost story anthology The Telltale Lilac Bush, by Fairmont State University professor Ruth Ann Musick.

[6] The town, the mine and surrounding farms are prominently featured in a number of the stories.

Musick includes a description of the town, circa 1965, in an introduction to a section on mine ghost stories: "The Grant Town Mine, the scene of four of the stories here, is one of the largest in the United States, and possibly in the world.

At least fourteen different European nationalities live in the town and work in the mine.

"[7] Notable Grant Town natives include Charles Csuri, a pioneer in the field of computer art, current West Virginia University head football coach Rich Rodriguez, and Tom Wilson, creator of the comic strip Ziggy.

29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.