Coordinates: 39°24′41″N 80°16′55″W / 39.41139°N 80.28194°W / 39.41139; -80.28194

Viropa, West Virginia

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Viropa, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 39°24′41″N 80°16′55″W / 39.41139°N 80.28194°W / 39.41139; -80.28194
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyHarrison
Elevation
965 ft (294 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1555897[1]

Viropa 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

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viropa, West Virginia
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viropa, West Virginia
  3. ↑ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ↑ 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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