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'''Landville''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Logan County, West Virginia|Logan County]], [[West Virginia]], |
'''Landville''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Logan County, West Virginia|Logan County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. Landville is located on the [[Guyandotte River]] and [[West Virginia Route 80]], {{convert|2|mi|km}} south-southeast of [[Man, West Virginia|Man]].<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]] |title=Logan County, West Virginia General Highway Map |url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Logan_2_of_2.pdf |year=2011 |page=2 |accessdate=November 10, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206092839/http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Logan_2_of_2.pdf |archivedate=February 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Landville had a [[post office]], which closed on July 9, 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|accessdate=November 10, 2011|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The community most likely derives its name from one Mr. Landstreet, a businessperson in the coal-mining industry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=387;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=359}}</ref> |
The community most likely derives its name from one Mr. Landstreet, a businessperson in the coal-mining industry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=387;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=359}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 6 September 2023
Landville, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 37°42′44″N 81°52′02″W / 37.71222°N 81.86722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Logan |
Elevation | 755 ft (230 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
GNIS feature ID | 1554909[1] |
Landville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Landville is located on the Guyandotte River and West Virginia Route 80, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Man.[2] Landville had a post office, which closed on July 9, 1988.[3]
The community most likely derives its name from one Mr. Landstreet, a businessperson in the coal-mining industry.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Landville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Logan County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ 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. 359.