Lashmeet, West Virginia

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Lashmeet
Mercer County West Virginia incorporated and unincorporated areas Lashmeet highlighted.svg
Location in Mercer County and the state of West Virginia.
Coordinates: 37°25′22″N81°11′48″W / 37.42278°N 81.19667°W / 37.42278; -81.19667
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Mercer
Area
[1]
  Total
0.750 sq mi (1.94 km2)
  Land0.750 sq mi (1.94 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
2,533 ft (772 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
409
  Density550/sq mi (210/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
24733
GNIS feature ID2586841 [2]

Lashmeet is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 northwest of the city of Princeton, the county seat of Mercer County. [3] Although Lashmeet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 24733. [4] As of the 2020 census, its population was 409 (down from 479 at the 2010 census). [5] [6]

The community most likely derives its name from the local Lashmeet (or Lashmutt) family. [7]

References

  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lashmeet, West Virginia
  3. DeLorme, West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, 4th ed., Yarmouth, 2007, p. 59 ISBN   0-89933-327-3
  4. Zip Code Lookup
  5. "Census Bureau profile: Lashmeet CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  6. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  7. 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. 360.