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Big Isaac is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Big Isaac is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Salem, along Laurel Run, a headwaters tributary of Meathouse Fork.[2] The Big Isaac post office[3] closed on December 31, 1962.[4]

Big Isaac, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Isaac
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Isaac
Coordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Doddridge
Elevation
300 m (984 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1535868[1]

According to tradition, the community bears the name of Periue "Big" Isaac, an early settler noted for his especially large shoe size.[5]



  • Big Isaac postmark
    Big Isaac postmark

References


  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2013-12-14
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Isaac Post Office
  4. "USPS - Display Post Offices by Discontinued Date". Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  5. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.


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