Levels, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
39°29′4″N 78°33′13″W / 39.48444°N 78.55361°W / 39.48444; -78.55361 (2000)
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Levels is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Levels community has a population of 147.[2] It is home to John J. Cornwell Elementary School.
The community was so named on account of the relatively level original town site.[3] Levels was originally known as Levels Cross Roads because of its location at the intersection of four roads in north-central Hampshire County: Bright's Hollow Road (County Route 5/5) north to Okonoko, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (County Route 3/3) southeast to Slanesville, Jersey Mountain Road (County Route 5) south to Romney, and Frenches Station Road (County Route 5/7) northwest to South Branch Depot.
Notable residents
- Howard Llewellyn Swisher (1870–1945), American businessperson, real estate developer, and historian[4][5]
Churches
- Church of the Brethren
- Capon Chapel Church of the Brethren, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (CR 3/3)
- Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)
- Methodist
- Levels United Methodist Church, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Levels, West Virginia
- ^ Levels, West Virginia ZIP code profile Archived 2004-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, DownloadZIPCode.com Archived 2005-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2008-01-19.
- ^ 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. 369.
- ^ Brannon 1976, p. 216.
- ^ "Birth Record Detail: Howard L. Swisher". West Virginia Vital Research Records. West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
Bibliography
- Brannon, Selden W. (1976). Historic Hampshire: A Symposium of Hampshire County and Its People, Past and Present. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company. ISBN 978-0-87012-236-1. OCLC 3121468.
External links
Media related to Levels, West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons
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Municipalities and communities of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Romney
communities
- Augusta
- Barnes Mill
- Bloomery
- Blues Beach
- Bubbling Spring
- Capon Lake
- Capon Springs
- Capon Springs Station
- Cold Stream
- Concord
- Creekvale
- Davis Ford
- Delray
- Dillons Run
- Donaldson
- Forks of Cacapon
- Frenchburg
- Glebe
- Good
- Grace
- Hainesville
- Hanging Rock
- Higginsville
- High View
- Hooks Mills
- Hoy
- Intermont
- Jericho
- Junction
- Kirby
- Largent
- Lehew
- Levels
- Little Cacapon
- Loom
- Mechanicsburg
- Millbrook
- Millen
- Neals Run
- Nero
- North River Mills
- Okonoko
- Pancake
- Pin Oak
- Pleasant Dale
- Points
- Purgitsville
- Rada
- Raven Rocks
- Ridgedale
- Rio
- Ruckman
- Sector
- Sedan
- Shanks
- Shiloh
- Slanesville
- South Branch Depot
- Three Churches
- Valley
- Vance
- Vanderlip
- Wappocomo
- Wickham
- Woodrow
- Yellow Spring
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