Raintown, West Virginia

Raintown, West Virginia
Raintown, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Raintown, West Virginia Raintown, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 38°10′38″N80°13′49″W / 38.17722°N 80.23028°W Coordinates: 38°10′38″N80°13′49″W / 38.17722°N 80.23028°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Pocahontas
Elevation	2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1728146 [1]

Last updated May 04, 2019

Raintown is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Raintown is located on West Virginia Route 39 and West Virginia Route 55 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Hillsboro.

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.

Pocahontas County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,719. Its county seat is Marlinton. The county was established in 1821. It is named after the daughter of the Powhatan Native American chief from Jamestown, Virginia. She married an English settler and their mixed-race children became ancestors of many of the First Families of Virginia.

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 John Raine, a businessperson in the lumber industry.^[2]

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raintown, 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. 518.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raintown, 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. 518.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Marlinton
Towns	Durbin Hillsboro Marlinton	Map of West Virginia highlighting Pocahontas County
CDPs	Arbovale Bartow Cass Frank Green Bank Huntersville
Unincorporated communities	Beard Beard Heights Boyer Braucher Brownsburg Buckeye Burner Burnsides Burr Campbelltown Clawson Clover Lick Deer Creek Denmar Dilleys Mill Droop Dunmore Edray Frost Harter Hosterman Improvement Lick Jacox Kennison Knapp Linwood Lobelia Locust Mace May Mill Point Minnehaha Springs Nida Nottingham Olive Onoto Raintown Raywood Rimel Seebert Sitlington Slaty Fork Snowshoe Spice Stillwell Stony Bottom Thornwood Thorny Creek Violet Walnut Wanless Warwick Watoga West Union Wildell Woodrow
Ghost towns	Gertrude Mill Run Spruce Sunset

Raintown, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°10′38″N80°13′49″W / 38.17722°N 80.23028°W / 38.17722; -80.23028 Coordinates: 38°10′38″N80°13′49″W / 38.17722°N 80.23028°W / 38.17722; -80.23028
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Pocahontas
Elevation	2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1728146^[1]