Sycamore, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 37°49′40″N82°4′16″W / 37.82778°N 82.07111°W Coordinates: 37°49′40″N82°4′16″W / 37.82778°N 82.07111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Logan |
Elevation | 846 ft (258 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS ID | 1555773 [1] |
Sycamore is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Holden census-designated place.
Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,743. Its county seat is Logan. Logan County comprises the Logan, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charleston–Huntington–Ashland, WV–OH–KY Combined Statistical Area.
Chapmanville is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,256 at the 2010 census. Chapmanville, originally called Chapmansville, is named for Ned Chapman, an early settler who operated a store and post office. It was incorporated in 1947.
Holden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 876 at the 2010 census, down from 1,105 at the 2000 census. The CDP contains the unincorporated communities of Holden, Beebe, Frogtown, Sycamore, Diamond, and Davis, all in the valley of Copperas Mine Fork.
Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Logan County.
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, western plane, occidental plane, buttonwood, and water beech, is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, and possibly extreme southern Quebec. It is usually called sycamore in North America, a name which can refer to other types of tree in other parts of the world.
The Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, usually shortened to Sycamore Shoals, is a rocky stretch of river rapids along the Watauga River in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Archeological excavations have found Native Americans lived near the shoals since prehistoric times, and Cherokees gathered there. As Europeans began settling the Trans-Appalachian frontier, the shoals proved strategic militarily, as well as shaped the economies of Tennessee and Kentucky. Today, the shoals are protected as a National Historic Landmark and are maintained as part of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park.
Chief Logan State Park is located on 3,988 acres (1,614 ha) about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Logan in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The park, the town and the county were all named after Chief Logan, a Mingo Native American leader who lived in the region before the American Revolutionary War. Each summer the Liz Spurlock Amphitheater at Chief Logan State Park is the site for outdoor dramas, including the historical drama "The Aracoma Story" about Shawnee tribal members who lived at the present-day location of the town of Logan. The outdoor drama theater produces the Aracoma story and 2-3 other plays or musicals every year.
Sycamore is the common name for several different species of trees.
Edward Theodore England was a lawyer and politician from West Virginia. He served in the West Virginia Senate, as Attorney General of West Virginia, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Sycamore Dale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house overlooking the South Branch Potomac River southwest of Romney, West Virginia. Sycamore Dale is one of several historic estates along South Branch River Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1980.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, West Virginia.
Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sulphur Springs is located along Copperas Mine Fork and County Route 9/2 6.1 miles (9.8 km) west-southwest of Logan.
Stirrat is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Stirrat is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 8.4 miles (13.5 km) south of Logan.
Monitor is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Monitor is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-southwest of Logan.
Whites Addition is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Whites Addition is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Logan.
Black Bottom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Black Bottom is located along West Virginia Route 73 0.6 miles (0.97 km) west of Logan.
Sodom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Sycamore is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
Sycamore, West Virginia may refer to:
The Webster Sycamore was an American sycamore in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Long recognized for its size, the Webster Sycamore was the largest living American sycamore tree in West Virginia until its felling in 2010. The tree stood approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Webster Springs in Webster County, in a moist flood plain along the banks of the Back Fork Elk River, a tributary stream of the Elk River.