Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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 ]
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.
Oceana is located at (37.692976, -81.634386 The confluence of the Clear Fork and the Laurel Fork is in the town. [7]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.44 km 2), of which 1.29 square miles (3.34 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.
Kopperston (also Kopperstone) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 1,660 feet (510 m). [3] Kopperston once had a post office, which closed on March 10, 2007. [4] [disputed – discuss] As of the 2020 census, its population was 569. [2] Twin daughters of miner.
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]
Fraziers Bottom is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after a family of Fraziers, [2] who settled the area in the late 18th century after migrating there from present day Virginia. The zip code is 25082. [3] As of 2020, the population is 1,720 people.
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.