Herring, West Virginia | |
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  Herring, West Virginia  Herring, West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 39°32′33″N79°44′17″W / 39.54250°N 79.73806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Preston |
| Elevation | 2,005 ft (611 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1549737 [1] |
Herring is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. [1] [2]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. Its county seat is Kingwood. The county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.
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