Three Mile, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 38°25′49″N81°25′46″W / 38.43028°N 81.42944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Kanawha |
Elevation | 636 ft (194 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS ID | 1548068 [1] |
Three Mile is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. [2]
There is a Wesleyan Church in Three Mile. [3]
Three Churches is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The town is located north of Romney along Jersey Mountain Road at a crossroads with Three Churches Hollow Road. Originally known as Jersey Mountain, Three Churches was renamed for the three historic white wooden churches located there: Mount Bethel Church, Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, and Branch Mountain United Methodist Church. The Three Churches Post Office is no longer in service.
Intermont is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, located along West Virginia Route 259 on the Cacapon River. It was originally known as Mutton Run until 1920, when its name was changed to Intermont. Because of Mutton Run's location on the Winchester and Western Railroad, it may have been renamed after the Intermountain Construction Company that completed the railroad from Winchester to Wardensville. Their post office is closed.
Owens is a small unincorporated crossroads community at the intersection of Dahlgren Road, Windsor Drive, and Owens Drive in King George County, Virginia, United States. State Routes 206 and 218 meet at this intersection, with 206 going east towards U.S. Route 301 and Dahlgren, 218 going south towards US 301 and Colonial Beach and 206 and 218 joined together going west towards Arnolds Corner and Fredericksburg. The eastern part of the community is within the Dahlgren census-designated place.
Jolo is an unincorporated community on West Virginia Route 83 in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community was mentioned in the book Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington for being the home of the Church of the Lord Jesus with Signs Following, a renowned snake handling church. Services at the church have been filmed and widely shown on television.
East Beckley was an unincorporated community located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Its post office was reopened in February 2014. East Beckley comprised parts of the unincorporated communities of Sylvia and Atkinsville.
Quick is a small unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Indian Creek Road. The community is where Whitoak Fork and Blue Creek come together and meet. It is also where the abandoned railroad that follows Blue Creek joins the road, and follows it all the way to the community of Hitop, along Pond Fork. Its post office is closed.
Belva is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in west Nicholas County and north Fayette County, West Virginia, United States; while the CDP only includes the Nicholas County portion, the Fayette County portion is considered part of the community. The town is situated at the bottomland surrounding the convergence of Bells Creek with Twentymile Creek and, subsequently, Twenty Mile Creek with the Gauley River. Belva is also the location of the convergence of two state highways: West Virginia Route 16 and West Virginia Route 39.
Howesville is an unincorporated community and coal town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. It sits at an altitude of 2,218 feet (676 m). The community once possessed a post office, which has since been closed.
Sullivan is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Sullivan is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Sophia. The Sullivan post office has been closed.
McClung is a ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. McClung was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Leslie. McClung appeared on USGS maps as late as 1935. McClung still exists today but was renamed Orient Hill after the Baptist Church. The McClung post office was across Rt.20 from the church and run by the Tony Williams family. The majority of that town is down a street labeled, Ball diamond RD.
Dorothy is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Dorothy is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east-southeast of Whitesville. Dorothy has a post office with ZIP code 25060. At one time, it was also called Lawson.
Saxman was an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Saxman is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-southwest of Richwood. It is now a ghost town, and the Saxman post office is also gone.
Denaro is a rural unincorporated community in south-central Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located 0.4 mi (0.6 km) north of the Amelia–Nottoway county line at the split & curve junctions of SR 614 and SR 613.
Gills is a rural unincorporated community in Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located in Leigh District around the intersections of SR 616 with SR 657, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Nottoway county line. Gills is situated at the highest point in Amelia County, 527 feet (161 m) above sea level, and is also the westernmost extant hamlet in the county. A portion of the segment of U.S. Bicycle Route 1 that runs southwest from Richmond follows SR 616 through Gills.
Joker is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed.
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Ben Lomond is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Ohio River at the junction of West Virginia Route 2 and County Route 56,, some 9.7 miles (15.6 km) south-southwest of Point Pleasant.
Jordan Run is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. It was also known as Jordon Run.
Spilman is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The village is located along Spilman Lane, Mason County Route 62/24, parallel to West Virginia Route 62 in Waggener District, about three quarters of a mile southeast of West Columbia.