Princewick | |
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Coordinates: 37°39′43″N81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Raleigh |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 25908 [1] |
Area code(s) | 304 and 681 |
GNIS feature ID | 1555414 [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]
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