Iroquois, West Virginia
Iroquois | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Iroquois Iroquois Location within the state of West Virginia | |
Coordinates: 37°34′52″N 81°20′26″W / 37.58111°N 81.34056°WCoordinates: 37°34′52″N 81°20′26″W / 37.58111°N 81.34056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Wyoming |
Areawas a coal camp community, with company store, and company houses.. | |
• Water | Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi (situated on banks of guyandot river km2) |
Elevation | 1,506 ft (459 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
GNIS ID | 1554782[1] |
Iroquois is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
The community was named after the Iroquois Indians.[2]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iroquois, West Virginia
- ↑ 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. pp. 329–330.
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