McNeill, West Virginia

McNeill, West Virginia
McNeill, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	McNeill McNeill
	Coordinates: 39°8′24″N78°54′48″W / 39.14000°N 78.91333°W Coordinates: 39°8′24″N78°54′48″W / 39.14000°N 78.91333°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hardy
Elevation	804 ft (245 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549815 [1]

Last updated April 23, 2019

McNeill is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. It lies near the South Branch Potomac River on Trough Road (County Route 6).

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.

Hardy County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,025. Its county seat is Moorefield. The county was created from Hampshire County in 1786 and named for Samuel Hardy, a distinguished Virginian.

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States that 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 the McNeill family, the original owners of the town site.^[2]

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McNeill, West Virginia
↑ 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. 395.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McNeill, West Virginia

[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. 395.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Moorefield
Towns	Moorefield Wardensville	Map of West Virginia highlighting Hardy County
Unincorporated communities	Arkansas Baker Basore Bass Baughman Settlement Bean Settlement Brake Cunningham Durgon Fabius Fisher Flats Fort Run Furnace Inkerman Kessel Lost City Lost River Mathias McCauley McNeill Milam Needmore Old Fields Perry Peru Rig Rock Oak Rockland Tannery Taylor Walnut Bottom	Map of West Virginia highlighting Hardy County

McNeill, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
McNeill Show map of West Virginia McNeill Show map of the US
Coordinates: 39°8′24″N78°54′48″W / 39.14000°N 78.91333°W / 39.14000; -78.91333 Coordinates: 39°8′24″N78°54′48″W / 39.14000°N 78.91333°W / 39.14000; -78.91333
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hardy
Elevation	804 ft (245 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549815^[1]