Yantus, West Virginia

Last updated

Yantus is an extinct town in Logan County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1]

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

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. The county was formed in 1824 from parts of Giles, Tazewell, Cabell, and Kanawha counties. It is named for Chief Logan, famous Native American chief of the Mingo tribe.

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

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

West Virginia State of the United States of America

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

History

A post office called Yantus was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1937. [2] George Yantis, a local storekeeper and early postmaster, gave the community its name. [3]

Related Research Articles

Beefhide, Kentucky Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Beefhide is an unincorporated community spanning across a county line between Letcher County and Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

Janey is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Leemaster is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Murphy is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Pearly is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Roseann is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Venia is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Vicey is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

Aily is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Bucu is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Carrie is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Duty is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Isom is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Leck is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Nancy is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Norland is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Skeetrock is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Viers is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Wakenva is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

Barn is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yantus (historical)
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ↑ 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. 695.

Coordinates: 37°57′53″N82°03′30″W / 37.9648219°N 82.0584635°W / 37.9648219; -82.0584635

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.