Boomer, West Virginia

Boomer, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Houses in Boomer in 1975
Boomer
Boomer
Coordinates: 38°09′02″N 81°17′14″W / 38.15056°N 81.28722°W / 38.15056; -81.28722Coordinates: 38°09′02″N 81°17′14″W / 38.15056°N 81.28722°W / 38.15056; -81.28722
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Area[1]
 • Total 1.481 sq mi (3.84 km2)
 • Land 1.382 sq mi (3.58 km2)
 • Water 0.099 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Elevation 646 ft (197 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 615
 • Density 420/sq mi (160/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 25031
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1536227[3]

Boomer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Boomer is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Smithers. Boomer has a post office with ZIP code 25031.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 615.[2]

The community takes its name from nearby Boomer Branch creek.[5]

On 16 February 2015 the village, along with neighbouring Adena, was evacuated following the derailment of a train consisting of two locomotives and 109 rail cars. The train, carrying crude oil quickly set ablaze into a fireball, some of the oil flowing into the Kanawha River and setting it alight for half a mile.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boomer, West Virginia
  4. ↑ ZIP Code Lookup Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ 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. 124.
  6. ↑ BBC News article on the accident


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