Jere, West Virginia

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Jere, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Location of Jere in West Virginia
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Jere, West Virginia (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°40′01″N80°02′07″W / 39.66694°N 80.03528°W / 39.66694; -80.03528
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia
County Flag of Monongalia County, West Virginia.svg Monongalia
Elevation
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286 m (938 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1554804 [1]
Other namesScottsdale [1]

Jere is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

The community's name most likely is derived from Jeremiah. [2]

In her efforts to improve living conditions in the area during the 1930s, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, "I took many, many people to see this village of Jere, West Virginia, along Scott's Run, for it was a good example of what absentee ownership could do as far as human beings were concerned." [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jere, West Virginia. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
  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. 335.
  3. ↑ Cook, Blanche Wiesen (1999). Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume Two 1933–1938. Viking Press. p. 132. ISBN   0-670-84498-5.


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