Bernie was an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Parsner Creek West Virginia on Lincoln County Route 40/1. It lies approximately 8.5 air miles southeast of the town of Hamlin,[2] the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 833 feet (254 m).[3] It had a post office[4] that was approved June 12, 1893[5] but then closed on January 8, 1962;[6] there were four Post Masters and the USGS maps of that era show Bernie on West Virginia, Lincoln County, Hager Quad at Location DD: 38.180373, -82.0117982. The first post office was originally proposed to be named "Pin Hook", but was changed to the unincorporated community name of Bernie with an estimated population of 200 according to the initial post office application and was located on the property of S.A. Egnor,[7]^{[unreliable source?]} and was later moved approximately 1,800 feet to the property of Alamander Elkins, because he had free gas for heat, on June 16, 1897,[8]^{[unreliable source?]} and was operated at that location until it was closed in 1962. After closing the mail for Bernie was rerouted through multiple post offices but the majority went to Griffithsville,[9] West Virginia with the remaining through Alkol,[10] West Virginia.

Bernie, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°10′49.3″N 82°00′42.5″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Lincoln
Elevation	833 ft (254 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1741591[1]

If you search the US Government links in the references user input is required to navigate to the sections where this archive data is housed. I tried to link directly but the servers housing the data does not permit a direct link. However with the information given here you may read the government copies that contain what I have listed with the exception of the last postmaster. In link 5 for example when you navigate to the page you can either scroll until you see the Bernie post office application or you can manually jump to image 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257 and 258 of 1238. There you will find the above information directly. In link 6 entering Lincoln in the county and West Virginia as the state Bernie is the second listing with the official date of closing with no opening date but with the other material in link 5 you can read the initial application paperwork for the post office and stamped on them are some dates listed.

I did know the last postmaster personally and she had a pension from the US Post Office and she was my grandmother. She had to wait many years to draw as she lacked 1-1/2 years for a full pension due to the post office closing just 18 months shy of her 20 years of service.

The four postmasters were as follows: First post master S.A. Egnor, second post master Alamander Elkins, third post master Shirley Hill, fourth post master Bethel Bragg.

As a side note just a few hundred feet from the post office the second post master was buried in a grave yard that was named after him. Yes, it is called the Alamander Elkins Cemetery[11]

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