Dorfee, West Virginia

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Dorfee, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Dorfee
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Dorfee
Dorfee (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°26′37″N81°10′29″W / 38.44361°N 81.17472°W / 38.44361; -81.17472
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Clay
Elevation
676 ft (206 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID 1558357 [1]

Dorfee is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office [2] has been closed.

Dorfee was most likely derived from the name D'Urfee. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorfee, West Virginia
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorfee, 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. 212.


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