Pierpont, Wyoming County, West Virginia

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Pierpont
Unincorporated community
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Pierpont
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Pierpont
Pierpont (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°37′38″N81°23′32″W / 37.62722°N 81.39222°W / 37.62722; -81.39222
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Wyoming
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1544806 [1]

Pierpont is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along the Slab Fork and West Virginia Route 54. [2]

The community was named after J. Pierpont Morgan. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pierpont, Wyoming County, West Virginia
  2. ↑ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN   0-89933-246-3.
  3. ↑ 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. 487.


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