Gypsy, West Virginia

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Gypsy, West Virginia
Census-designated place
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Gypsy
Coordinates: 39°22′7″N80°19′4″W / 39.36861°N 80.31778°W / 39.36861; -80.31778 Coordinates: 39°22′7″N80°19′4″W / 39.36861°N 80.31778°W / 39.36861; -80.31778
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Harrison
Area
[1]
 • Total0.777 sq mi (2.01 km2)
 • Land0.777 sq mi (2.01 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2010) [2]
 • Total328
 • Density420/sq mi (160/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26361

Gypsy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 328. [2]

History

A post office called Gypsy has been in operation since 1900. [3] The community was named for a band of Roma which once camped in the area, according to local history. [4] [5] Gypsy was located on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2011-05-14.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Harrison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 March 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ 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. 290.
  5. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 59.
  6. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of West Virginia. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 65.


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