Friars Hill, West Virginia

Friars Hill, West Virginia
Friars Hill, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Friars Hill Friars Hill
	Coordinates: 38°00′51″N80°26′21″W / 38.01417°N 80.43917°W Coordinates: 38°00′51″N80°26′21″W / 38.01417°N 80.43917°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Greenbrier
Elevation	2,352 ft (717 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554512 [1]

Last updated April 02, 2019

Friars Hill is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Friars Hill is 6 miles (9.7 km) west-northwest of Falling Spring.

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Greenbrier County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,480. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in Virginia.

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

The community was named after one Mr. Friar, a pioneer who settled upon a hill.^[2]

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References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ 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. 255.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[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. 255.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Lewisburg
Cities	Lewisburg Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs	Greenbrier County map
Towns	Alderson‡ Falling Spring Quinwood Rainelle Rupert
CDP	Fairlea
Other communities	Alta Alvon Anjean Anthony Asbury Auto Bellburn Bingham Blaker Mills Blue Bend Blue Sulphur Springs Bowes Brantville Burdette Caldwell Charmco Clearco Clendenenville Clintonville Cobb Cordova Cornstalk Crag Crawley Crichton Dawson Dennis Dickson Droop Mountain Duo Esty Farmdale Fort Donnally Fort Spring Frankford Frazier Friars Hill Gardner Golden Grassy Meadows Half Way Henning Hickory Grove Hines Hokes Mill Hopper Horrock Hughart Julia Keister Kessler Kieffer Lawn Leonard Leslie Lile Lilly Park Loopemount Loveridge Mapledale Marfrance Maxwelton McRoss Meadow Bluff Modoc Morlunda Neola North Bend North Caldwell Nutterville Organ Cave Orient Hill Oscar Palestine Patton‡ Piercys Mill Renicks Valley Richlands Rock Cliff Rockland Rorer Sam Black Church Shawver‡ Shawvers Crossing Shryock Sims Smoot Snowflake Spring Creek Sue Sunlight Teaberry Trainer Trout Tuckahoe Unus Vago Vale Whiteoak Grove Wild Meadow Williamsburg Woodman
Ghost towns	Alum Springs Brink Bryant Fairview McClung Walker Hill Whitcomb
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Friars Hill, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°00′51″N80°26′21″W / 38.01417°N 80.43917°W / 38.01417; -80.43917 Coordinates: 38°00′51″N80°26′21″W / 38.01417°N 80.43917°W / 38.01417; -80.43917
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Greenbrier
Elevation	2,352 ft (717 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554512^[1]