Princewick, West Virginia

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Princewick
Unincorporated community
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Princewick
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Princewick
Princewick (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°39′43″N81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W / 37.66194; -81.22139
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Raleigh
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25908 [1]
Area codes 304 and 681
GNIS feature ID1555414 [2]

Princewick is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Princewick was laid out in 1916 when the railroad (Stone Coal Division of the Virginian Railroad [3] ) was extended to that point. [4] The community's name is an amalgamation of Isaac Prince and Thomas Wickham. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Princewick ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Princewick, West Virginia
  3. ↑ Lucile Justice, Post master 1938
  4. 1 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. 508.
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