Wevaco, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Wevaco is located in West Virginia
Wevaco
Wevaco
Location within West Virginia and the United States
Wevaco is located in the United States
Wevaco
Wevaco
Wevaco (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°00′7″N 81°25′29″W / 38.00194°N 81.42472°W / 38.00194; -81.42472
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Elevation
1,250 ft (380 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1555961[1]

Wevaco is an unincorporated community and former coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It had a post office but is now closed.[2]

The community's name is an acronym of the name of the local West Virginia Colliery Company.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wevaco, West Virginia
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wevaco WV post office
  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. 670.


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