Shock, West Virginia

Shock, West Virginia
Shock, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Shock Shock
	Coordinates: 38°46′42″N80°57′59″W / 38.77833°N 80.96639°W Coordinates: 38°46′42″N80°57′59″W / 38.77833°N 80.96639°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Gilmer
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	26638
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1549928 [1]

Last updated February 22, 2019

Shock is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Shock is 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Glenville, along the Right Fork Steer Creek.^[2] Shock has a post office with ZIP code 26638.^[3]

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.

Gilmer County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,693. Its county seat is Glenville. The county was formed in 1845 from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, Governor of Virginia from 1840 to 1841. Gilmer was later a representative in the United States Congress and Secretary of the Navy in President John Tyler's cabinet.

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.

The community was named after the Shock family, original owners of the town site.^[4]

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Shock has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.^[5]

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents, generally between latitudes 25° and 40° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates. While many subtropical climates tend to be located at or near coastal locations, in some cases they extend inland, most notably in China and the United States, where they exhibit more pronounced seasonal variations and sharper contrasts between summer and winter, as part of a gradient between the more tropical climates of the southern coasts of these countries and the more continental climates of China and the United States’ northern and central regions.

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References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 44. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
↑ ZIP Code Lookup
↑ 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. 575.
↑ Climate Summary for Shock, West Virginia

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[DeLorme-2] West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 44. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.

[3] ZIP Code Lookup

[4] 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. 575.

[5] Climate Summary for Shock, West Virginia

v t e Municipalities and communities of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Glenville
Towns	Glenville Sand Fork	Map of West Virginia highlighting Gilmer County
Unincorporated communities	Alice Baldwin Cedarville Coxs Mills De Kalb Donlan Dusk Gilmer Hardman Index Let Letter Gap Linn Lockney Lucerne Moss Newberne Normantown Orton Perkins Racket‡ Revore Rosedale Shock Stouts Mills Stumptown Tanner Troy Truebada Withers
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Shock, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Shock Show map of West Virginia Shock Show map of the US
Coordinates: 38°46′42″N80°57′59″W / 38.77833°N 80.96639°W / 38.77833; -80.96639 Coordinates: 38°46′42″N80°57′59″W / 38.77833°N 80.96639°W / 38.77833; -80.96639
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Gilmer
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	26638
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1549928^[1]