Burnt House, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
39°02′47″N 80°59′14″W / 39.04639°N 80.98722°W / 39.04639; -80.9872226336
Burnt House is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Burnt House is located on West Virginia Route 47 and Grass Run, 11.8 miles (19.0 km) south-southeast of Harrisville.[2] The Burnt House Post Office closed 5/23/1986.[3]
The community's name recalls a tavern which burned at the town site circa 1840.[4]
References
- ^ "Burnt House". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Ritchie County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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. 144.
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Municipalities and communities of Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Harrisville
communities
- Beatrice
- Beech Grove
- Berea
- Brohard
- Burnt House
- Cantwell
- Chevaux De Frise
- Cisco
- Cokeleys
- Cornwallis
- Dutchman
- Eva
- Five Forks
- Fonzo
- Girta
- Goffs
- Holbrook
- Hazelgreen
- Highland
- Lamberton
- Lawford
- Macfarlan
- Mahone
- Mountain
- Petroleum
- Pew Hill
- Pike
- Prunty
- Racket‡
- Racy
- Riddle
- Riverside
- Rusk
- Rutherford
- Six Hill
- Slab
- Smithville
- Stanley
- Toll Gate
- Thursday
- Trilby
- Washburn
- White Oak
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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