Centralia, West Virginia

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Centralia
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Centralia
Centralia (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°37′23″N80°34′4″W / 38.62306°N 80.56778°W / 38.62306; -80.56778
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Braxton
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26601

Centralia is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. [1] It was so named because it is in the central part of a county which also happens to be at the geographic center of the state. [2] Its ZIP code is 26601.

Notes

  1. "Centralia, West Virginia". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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. 162.