Boyer, West Virginia

Boyer, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Boyer, West Virginia
Boyer, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W / 38.48889; -79.80056Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W / 38.48889; -79.80056
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Pocahontas
Elevation 2,680 ft (820 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1553957[1]

Boyer is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Boyer is located on West Virginia Route 28 and West Virginia Route 92 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Durbin.

The community was named for a businessperson in the lumber industry.[2]

Notable people

Opal Wilcox Barron was born here on September 19, 1914. She became the First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyer, 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. 127.


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