Blue Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

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Blue Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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Blue Sulphur Springs
Coordinates: 37°49′30″N80°38′10″W / 37.82500°N 80.63611°W / 37.82500; -80.63611
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Greenbrier
Elevation
1,654 ft (504 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549600 [1]

Blue Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Blue Sulphur Springs is north of Alderson. It is named for a mineral spring near the original town site, distinguishing it from the larger and better-known White Sulphur Springs in the same county. [2] It was the site of the Blue Sulphur Springs Resort, of which only the pavilion remains.

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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. 121.