Alloy, West Virginia

Alloy, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
A Norfolk Southern train in Alloy
Alloy
Alloy
Coordinates: 38°08′15″N 81°16′27″W / 38.13750°N 81.27417°W / 38.13750; -81.27417Coordinates: 38°08′15″N 81°16′27″W / 38.13750°N 81.27417°W / 38.13750; -81.27417
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Elevation 659 ft (201 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 25002
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1553716[1]

Alloy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alloy is located along the Kanawha River and U.S. Route 60 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge. Alloy was originally known as Boncar (anagram of carbon) until the mid-1930s. Both the original placename and the current placename refer to the ferroalloy plant[2] that still operates here (producing about 30% of all the silicon metal in North America). The metals plant was originally the Electro Metallurgical Co.; a unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Alloy has a post office with ZIP code 25002.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alloy, West Virginia
  2. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 77.
  3. ZIP Code Lookup


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