Toll Gate, West Virginia

Toll Gate, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°16′21″N 80°54′54″W / 39.27250°N 80.91500°W / 39.27250; -80.91500Coordinates: 39°16′21″N 80°54′54″W / 39.27250°N 80.91500°W / 39.27250; -80.91500
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Ritchie
Elevation 804 ft (245 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes 26442
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1555815[1]

Toll Gate is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Toll Gate is 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of Pennsboro.

The community was named after a tollgate near the original town site.[2]

References

  1. "Toll Gate". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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. 628.


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