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Gypsy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 328.[2]

Gypsy, West Virginia
Census-designated place
Gypsy
Coordinates: 39°22′7″N 80°19′4″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Harrison
Area [1]
• Total	0.777 sq mi (2.01 km²)
• Land	0.777 sq mi (2.01 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2010)[2]
• Total	328
• Density	420/sq mi (160/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	26361

History

A post office called Gypsy has been in operation since 1900.[3] The community was named for a band of Roma which once camped in the area, according to local history.[4][5] Gypsy was located on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[6]

References

"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
"Harrison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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. 290.
Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 59.
Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of West Virginia. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 65.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Clarksburg
Cities	Bridgeport Clarksburg Salem Shinnston Stonewood	Map of West Virginia highlighting Harrison County
Towns	Anmoore Lost Creek Lumberport Nutter Fort West Milford
CDPs	Despard East View Enterprise Gypsy Hepzibah Reynoldsville Spelter Wallace Wolf Summit
Unincorporated communities	Adamsville Arlington Bethlehem Bristol Brown Dawmont Dixie East Salem Flinderation Glen Falls Goodhope Haywood Jarvisville Jimtown Katy Lick Kincheloe Maken Manayka Marshville McAlpin McWhorter Meadowbrook Mount Clare Oral Lake Peora Pine Bluff Quiet Dell Rinehart Romines Mills Sardis Seminole Viropa Wilsonburg Wyatt
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