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Coordinates: 38°28′55″N80°33′21″W / 38.48194°N 80.55583°W Coordinates: 38°28′55″N80°33′21″W / 38.48194°N 80.55583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Webster |
Elevation | 1,709 ft (521 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS ID | 1553399 [1] |
Weese is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
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The Mountain Parkway Byway and Mountain Parkway Backway are two routes in northern Webster County, West Virginia. The Byway is a state-designated scenic byway which follows West Virginia Route 20 for 9.8 miles (15.8 km), traversing the headwaters of several mountain streams including the Right Fork Little Kanawha River, Jerry Run, and the Left and Laurel Forks of Holly River. The Backway explores backroads in the same area, is 32 miles (51 km) long, and follows stretches of the Right Fork Little Kanawha River and Left Fork Holly River for portions of its route.
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Curtin is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Curtin is located along the Elk River, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of Webster Springs.
Guardian is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Guardian is located along the Right Fork Holly River and West Virginia Route 15, 11.4 miles (18.3 km) north-northwest of Webster Springs. Guardian had a post office, which closed on February 1, 1988. The community took its name from the local Guardian Coal and Oil Company. Guardian was previously known as Removal from about the 1880s until 1937 when the post office named changed to Guardian. Guardian was also referred to as Middleport in early postal records. The history of the town is exhaustively set out in a two volume book set known as "Removal Reflections: A History of Guardian/Removal, West Virginia."
Replete is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Replete is located on County Route 3, 15.7 miles (25.3 km) north-northwest of Webster Springs. Replete had a post office, which closed on January 21, 1989. An early variant name was Mount Pleasant.
Parcoal is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Parcoal is located along the Elk River, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east-southeast of Webster Springs. Parcoal had a post office, which closed on November 26, 1988.
The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
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Weese, 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.