Wyco, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
37°35′53″N 81°20′30″W / 37.59806°N 81.34167°W / 37.59806; -81.3416725943
Wyco is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. Some say the community derives its name from Wyoming County,[2] while others believe the community was named for the Wyoming Coal Company.[3] It is located off West Virginia Route 16. The Wyco Church[4] is also located within Wyco.[5]
Notable person
- Bernie Casey (1939-2017), actor and American football player
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wyco, 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. p. 692.
- ^ Temple, Robert D. Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places, (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-47758-6, page 324.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/29/10 through 4/02/10. National Park Service. April 9, 2010.
- ^ Shirley Weaver; Catherine Bell; Dewey Houck; Lynn Stasick; Rebekah Karelis & Erin Riebe (January 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wyco Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Pineville
- Mullens
communities
- Allen Junction
- Alpoca
- Baileysville
- Beechwood
- Black‡
- Black Eagle
- Campus
- Clear Fork
- Coal Mountain
- Crany
- Cub City
- Cyclone
- Devils Fork‡
- Edith
- Fanny
- Fanrock
- Garwood
- Glen Rogers
- Glover
- Hanover
- Herndon
- Ikes Fork
- Iroquois
- Jesse
- Key Rock
- Lacoma
- Lamar‡
- Lillydale
- Lillyhaven
- Long Branch
- Lynco
- Maben
- Marianna
- McGraws
- Milam
- Montecarlo
- Mullensville
- North Spring
- Nuriva
- Otsego
- Pierpont
- Ravencliff
- Rock View
- Sabine
- Saulsville
- Simon
- Steeles
- Stephenson
- Sun Hill
- Toney Fork
- Tralee
- Uno
- Windom
- Wolf Pen
- Wyco
- Wyoming
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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