Grimms Landing, West Virginia - USA

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Grimms Landing is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Grimms Landing is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River along West Virginia Route 62, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northeast of Buffalo.

Grimms Landing, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°40′39″N 81°56′55″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Mason
Elevation	571 ft (174 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1539754[1]

History

Grimms Landing had a post office, which opened on September 9, 1878, and closed on November 2, 2002.[2] The community was named after George Grimm, who was instrumental in securing a post office for the town.[3]

Notable person

Gus Douglass, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture, was raised in Grimms Landing.[4]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grimms Landing, West Virginia
"Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
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. 286.
West Virginia Department of Agriculture-Biography of Gus Douglass

v t e Municipalities and communities of Mason County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Point Pleasant
City	Point Pleasant	Map of West Virginia highlighting Mason County
Towns	Hartford City Henderson Leon Mason New Haven
Magisterial districts	Arbuckle Clendenin Cologne Cooper Graham Hannan Lewis Robinson Union Waggener
CDPs	Apple Grove Clifton Gallipolis Ferry
Unincorporated communities	Ambrosia Arbuckle Arlee Ash Ashton Baden Beale Beech Hill Ben Lomond Capehart Condee Couch Deerlick Fairview Glenwood Graham Station Greer Grimms Landing Gunville Hogsett Lakin Letart Maggie Mercers Bottom Mount Olive Nat Pondlick Rayburn Sassafras Southside Spilman Tribble Upland Waterloo West Columbia Wood Wyoma
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