Saltpetre, West Virginia

Saltpetre
Saltpetre
Unincorporated community
	Coordinates: 38°4′55″N82°32′51″W / 38.08194°N 82.54750°W Coordinates: 38°4′55″N82°32′51″W / 38.08194°N 82.54750°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Wayne
Elevation	676 ft (206 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	1555558

Last updated May 04, 2021

Saltpetre is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.

The community takes its name from the local saltpetre manufacturing industry.^[2]^[3]

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saltpetre, 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. 550.
↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 116.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saltpetre, 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. 550.

[3] Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 116.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Wayne
Cities	Ceredo Huntington‡ Kenova	Wayne County map
Towns	Fort Gay Wayne
CDPs	Crum Lavalette Prichard
Unincorporated communities	Ardel Armilda Bethesda Booton Bowen Brabant Buffalo Creek Centerville Coleman Cove Gap Crockett Cyrus Dicy Doane Dunlow East Lynn Echo Effie Elmwood Ferguson Fleming Genoa Gilkerson Girard Glenhayes Grandview Gardens Hidden Valley Hubbardstown Kiahsville Mineral Springs Missouri Branch Neal Nestlow Oakview Heights Quaker Radnor Saltpetre Shoals Sidney Stepptown Stiltner Stonecoal Sweet Run Tripp Webb Westmoreland Wilsondale Winslow
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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