Viropa, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
39°24′41″N 80°16′55″W / 39.41139°N 80.28194°W / 39.41139; -80.28194Viropa is an unincorporated community and coal town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Their post office [2] closed in 1930.[3]
Etymology
The community's name is a portmanteau of Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viropa, West Virginia
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viropa, West Virginia
- ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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. 650.
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Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Clarksburg
communities
- Adamsville
- Arlington
- Bethlehem
- Bristol
- Brown
- Dawmont
- Dixie
- East Salem
- Flinderation
- Glen Falls
- Goodhope
- Haywood
- Jarvisville
- Jimtown
- Katy Lick
- Kincheloe
- Maken
- Manayka
- Marshville
- McAlpin
- McWhorter
- Meadowbrook
- Mount Clare
- Oral Lake
- Peora
- Pine Bluff
- Quiet Dell
- Rinehart
- Romines Mills
- Sardis
- Seminole
- Viropa
- Wilsonburg
- Wyatt
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