Cyclone, West Virginia

Cyclone
Unincorporated community
Cyclone Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Cyclone Cyclone (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°43′58″N81°41′19″W / 37.73278°N 81.68861°W / 37.73278; -81.68861
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Wyoming
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	24827
Area codes	304 & 681

Cyclone is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10. ^[1]

The community was named for the fact a tornado or cyclone struck the area in the 1880s. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN   0-89933-246-3.
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. 197.
3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.