Smith Crossroads, West Virginia

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Smith Crossroads
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Coordinates: 39°34′4″N78°13′38″W / 39.56778°N 78.22722°W / 39.56778; -78.22722 Coordinates: 39°34′4″N78°13′38″W / 39.56778°N 78.22722°W / 39.56778; -78.22722
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Morgan
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
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GNIS feature ID 1549934 [1]

Smith Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The hamlet lies at the crossroads of the Winchester Grade Road (County Route 13) with County Routes 26 and 13/1. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Smith Crossroads has also been referred to as Smiths Corners, Smiths Cross Roads, and Smiths Forks.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

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.

Morgan County, West Virginia county in West Virginia, United States

Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,541. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

U.S. state constituent political entity sharing sovereignty as the United States of America

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