Algeria, West Virginia

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Algeria
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Algeria
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Algeria
Algeria (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°25′05″N81°03′09″W / 39.41806°N 81.05250°W / 39.41806; -81.05250
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Pleasants
Elevation
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778 ft (237 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID 1678485 [1]

Algeria is an unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. The village is located along Big Run, a branch of Middle Island Creek, where County Route 7, Arvilla Road, meets Desert Road, about two miles southeast of Arvilla. [2] [1] A U.S. Post Office was established there in 1894, and continued to 1910, when the post office was discontinued, and the mail redirected to Wasp. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Algeria, West Virginia
  2. United States Geological Survey, Topographical Maps, West Virginia–Ohio, St. Marys Quadrangle (ed. Nov. 1906).
  3. United States Post Office Department, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–1971, NARA Microfilm Publication M841, West Virginia, Pleasants County, pp. 549–552.