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Greer is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.

Greer
Unincorporated community
Greer
Location within the state of West Virginia
Greer
Greer (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°49′10″N 82°1′49″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMason
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1539730[1]

The community derives its name from the local Greer Limestone Company.[2]

The Mississippian tetrapod Greererpeton burkemorani was named after this community by Alfred Romer in 1969.[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greer, West Virginia
  2. 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. 285.
  3. Smithson, T.R. (September 1982). "The cranial morphology of Greererpeton burkernorani Romer (Amphibia:Temnospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76: 29–90. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01955.x.


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