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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.
Levels is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Levels community has a population of 147. [2] It is home to John J. Cornwell Elementary School. The community was so named on account of the relatively level original town site. [3]
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.
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]
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 ]
Marmet (pronounced mar-MET) is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,501 at the 2020 census. The community was re-named in 1900 after the local Marmet Coal Company, which had the name of its proprietors Edwin, Otto, and William Marmet. [5] The town name was changed from Brownsville.
Wallback has a post office with ZIP code 25285. [ 2 ] The community is named for John de Barth Walbach , an Alsatian hussar of the French Revolutionary Wars who became an aide to Alexander Hamilton , rose to Adjutant General of the United States during the War of 1812 , and was the oldest acting officer in U.S. history.