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Metalton, West Virginia

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Coordinates: 37°46′0″N 81°17′22″W / 37.76667°N 81.28944°W / 37.76667; -81.28944
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Metalton
Unincorporated community
Metalton is located in West Virginia
Metalton
Metalton
Location within the state of West Virginia
Metalton is located in the United States
Metalton
Metalton
Metalton (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°46′0″N 81°17′22″W / 37.76667°N 81.28944°W / 37.76667; -81.28944
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRaleigh
Elevation
2,257 ft (688 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1558374[1]

Metalton is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

The community most likely was so named on account of nearby coal and steel manufacturing.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Metalton, West Virginia
  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. 410.


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