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Princewick, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°39′43″N 81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W / 37.66194; -81.22139
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Princewick
Princewick Missionary Church, Princewick, West Virginia
Princewick Missionary Church, Princewick, West Virginia
Princewick is located in West Virginia
Princewick
Princewick
Location within the state of West Virginia
Princewick is located in the United States
Princewick
Princewick
Princewick (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°39′43″N 81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W / 37.66194; -81.22139
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRaleigh
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25908[1]
Area code(s)304 and 681
GNIS feature ID1555414[2]

Princewick is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Princewick was laid out in 1916 when the railroad (Stone Coal Division of the Virginian Railroad[3]) was extended to that point.[4] The community's name is an amalgamation of Isaac Prince and Thomas Wickham.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Princewick ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Princewick, West Virginia
  3. ^ Lucile Justice, Post master 1938
  4. ^ a b 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. 508.