Reader, West Virginia

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Reader
Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°34′8″N80°43′58″W / 39.56889°N 80.73278°W / 39.56889; -80.73278
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Wetzel
Area
[1]
  Total0.946 sq mi (2.45 km2)
  Land0.929 sq mi (2.41 km2)
  Water0.017 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Population
 (2010) [2]
  Total397
  Density420/sq mi (160/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Reader is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 397. [2]

Reader got its start circa 1901 when the railroad was extended to that point. [3] The community took its name from nearby Reader Run creek. [3]

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References

  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. 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. 522.