Dingy, West Virginia

Dingy, West Virginia
Dingy, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Dingy, West Virginia Dingy, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 38°39′6″N80°56′48″W / 38.65167°N 80.94667°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Elevation	928 ft (283 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1554307 [1]

Last updated February 03, 2020

Dingy is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office ^[2] is closed.

The community was named after James R. Dingy, who was instrumental in securing a post office for the town.^[3]

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dingy, West Virginia
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dingy, West Virginia
↑ 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. 210.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dingy, West Virginia

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dingy, West Virginia

[3] 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. 210.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Sutton
Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton	Map of West Virginia Strange Creek, West Virginiahighlighting Braxton County
Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Braxton Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Laurel Fork Letch Little Birch Little Otter McNutt Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Vernon Waggy‡ Wilsie
Ghost towns	Bower Bulltown Palmer Sleith
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Dingy, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°39′6″N80°56′48″W / 38.65167°N 80.94667°W / 38.65167; -80.94667
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Elevation	928 ft (283 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1554307^[1]