Simpson, West Virginia - USA - world.wikisort.org

world.wikisort.org - USA

Simpson is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. It is the hometown of Randal McCloy, sole survivor of the 2006 Sago Mine disaster at Sago in Upshur County.

Simpson
Unincorporated community
Simpson Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Simpson Simpson (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°16′0″N 80°5′36″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Taylor
Elevation [1]	1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1546810[1]

Simpson is located east of Flemington along the Right Fork Simpson Creek on County Route 13 in proximity to Tygart Lake State Park. Simpson also has its own post office, established in 1885 [2] and currently in operation. The community takes its name from nearby Simpson Creek.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Simpson, West Virginia
Helbock, Richard W. (2004) United States Post Offices, Volume VI - The Mid-Atlantic, p. 225 Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications
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. 579.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Grafton
City	Grafton	Map of West Virginia highlighting Taylor County
Town	Flemington
Unincorporated communities	Astor Belgium Blueville Brittain Brownlow Brydon Cecil Eby Elliotsville Fetterman Hepzibah Knottsville Lesmalinston Lucretia Maple Run McGee Meadland Millertown Oreide Park View Pruntytown Rosemont Santiago Simpson South Grafton Tappan Thornton Webster Wendel West Grafton Westerman Winona
Former communities	Sandy Stone House Yates
Footnotes	‡This populated place also have portions in an adjacent county or counties
West Virginia portal United States portal

This article about a location in Taylor County, West Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии