Left Hand, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°37′7″N 81°14′42″W / 38.61861°N 81.24500°W / 38.61861; -81.24500 (2009)
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Left Hand (also Justices, Knights, or Lefthand) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Roane County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 36 southeast of the city of Spencer, the county seat of Roane County.[2] Its post office [3] is still active.
The community was named after nearby Lefthand Run creek.[4][5]
Education
An elementary school "Geary Elementary/Middle School" is located in Left Hand, West Virginia.[6]
Gallery
- Left Hand postmark
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Left Hand, West Virginia
- ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 44. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Left Hand, 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. 366–367.
- ^ "Time and Custom Stand Still in the Hills and Hollers of West Virginia". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1985.
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Roane County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Spencer
communities
- Alvord
- Amma
- Billings
- Bright
- Buffalo Lick
- Cicerone
- Clio
- Clover
- Cotton
- Countsville
- Depue
- Elana
- Flatfork
- Gandeeville
- Grace
- Graux
- Harmony
- Iola
- Jingo
- Kester
- Kettle
- Lattimer
- Leaning Oak
- Left Hand
- Linden
- Liverpool‡
- Looneyville
- Morning Star
- Mount Olive
- Nancy Run
- Newton
- Osbornes Mills
- Otto
- Patsey
- Peniel
- Pigeon
- Red Knob
- Reedyville
- Roxalana
- Ryan
- Shad
- Speed
- Stringtown
- Sunflower
- Tariff
- Triplett
- Uler
- Vicars
- Virgil
- Wallback‡
- Walton
- Zona
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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