Big Isaac, West Virginia

Big Isaac, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Isaac
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Isaac
Coordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°W / 39.20000; -80.53861Coordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°W / 39.20000; -80.53861
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Doddridge
Elevation 984 ft (300 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1535868[1]

Big Isaac is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Big Isaac is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Salem, along Laurel Run, a headwaters tributary of Meathouse Fork.[2] The Big Isaac Post Office[3] closed on December 31, 1962.[4]

According to tradition, the community has the name of Periue "Big" Isaac, an early settler noted for his especially large shoe size.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed 2013-12-14
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Isaac Post Office
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  5. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.


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