Wheat, West Virginia

Wheat
Unincorporated community
Wheat
Location within the state of West Virginia
Wheat
Wheat (the US)
Coordinates: 39°37′35″N 80°35′41″W / 39.62639°N 80.59472°W / 39.62639; -80.59472Coordinates: 39°37′35″N 80°35′41″W / 39.62639°N 80.59472°W / 39.62639; -80.59472
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Wetzel
Elevation 1,040 ft (320 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID 1555963[1]

Wheat is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia. Its post office[2] opened in 1837, closed in 1950.

The community was named for wheat fields near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheat, West Virginia
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheat WV post office
  3. 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. 672.


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