Lockbridge, West Virginia

Lockbridge, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Lockbridge, West Virginia
Lockbridge, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°49′39″N 80°50′42″W / 37.82750°N 80.84500°W / 37.82750; -80.84500Coordinates: 37°49′39″N 80°50′42″W / 37.82750°N 80.84500°W / 37.82750; -80.84500
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Summers
Elevation 2,470 ft (750 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1554982[1]

Lockbridge is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States, located south of Meadow Bridge.

The community derives its name from Lodridge Gwinn (a recording error by postal officials accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lockbridge, 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. 380.


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