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West Virginia: County: Wyoming: Time zone: UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer : UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP codes: 24839. GNIS feature ID: 1554642 [1] Hanover is an unincorporated ...
Canvas is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Canvas is located on West Virginia Route 39, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Summersville. Canvas has a post office with ZIP code 26662. [2] Canvas was originally named Earl but the residents of the area were not fond of the name.
Sissonville is located in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was named after an early settler by the name of John Sisson. History shows the first known settler north of Fort Lee (now known as Charleston) was a man named Johnson who built a log cabin near the mouth of Tuppers Creek in 1802 and later built a grist mill in the area.
Galloway is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in northwestern Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 76 northwest of the city of Philippi, the county seat of Barbour County. [4] Its elevation is 1,073 feet (327 m). [5] It has a post office with the ZIP code 26349. [6]
Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,095. [1] Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. [2]
Gilbert is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River.The population was 333 at the 2020 census. [4] Gilbert was incorporated in 1918 and named for Gilbert Creek, which derives its name from the name of an early traveler in the area who was killed by Native Americans.
Winfield is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Kanawha River. [5] The population was 2,397 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area .
In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts . [ 6 ]