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True is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. True is located near West Virginia Route 20, south of Hinton.

True, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°34′50″N 80°56′10″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Elevation	2,461 ft (750 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1549960[1]

History

According to tradition, the name True is derived from the petition for a community post office, which concluded with the line "Now this is true".[2] Another version is that the name was randomly selected by postal officials.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: True, West Virginia
Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. pp. 355.
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. 633.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Summers County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Hinton
City	Hinton	Summers County map
Unincorporated communities	Ballengee‡ Bargers Springs Barksdale Barnettown Bellepoint Bertha Beurytown Brooklin Brooks Browning Buck Carew Claypool Clayton Crossroads Crumps Bottom Ellison Ellison Ridge Elton Farley Forest Hill Glenray Green Sulphur Springs Griffith Creek Hill Top Hilldale Hix Indian Mills Judson Jumping Branch Lick Creek Lockbridge Lowell Mandeville Marie Meadow Creek Mountview‡ Neponset Nimitz Pence Springs Pipestem Ramp Riffe Sandstone Santafee Seminole Streeter Suck Creek Talcott Tempa True Valley Heights Wiggins
Ghost towns	Egypt Junta Lilly Mercers Saltworks Tina Warford
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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