Normantown is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Left Fork Steer Creek. It lies at an elevation of 741 feet. James Norman, a son of John and Lydia Norman, was born in Duffield, Derby, England in 1776 and was christened at Derby parish May 19, 1776. At this writing, it is not known when or how Jam…Normantown is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Left Fork Steer Creek. It lies at an elevation of 741 feet. James Norman, a son of John and Lydia Norman, was born in Duffield, Derby, England in 1776 and was christened at Derby parish May 19, 1776. At this writing, it is not known when or how James came to America. We do know that he married Mary Nedley, who was born in 1775 in Virginia. In 1810, the Randolph County VA Census listed the 12 member family of James Norman.