Alloy, West Virginia

Alloy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alloy is located along the Kanawha River and U.S. Route 60 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge. Alloy was originally known as Boncar (anagram of carbon) until the mid-1930s. Both the original placename and the current placename refer to the ferroalloy plant[2] that still operates here (producing about 30% of all the silicon metal in North America). The metals plant was originally the Electro Metallurgical Co.; a unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Alloy has a post office with ZIP code 25002.[3]

Alloy, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
A Norfolk Southern train in Alloy
Alloy
Alloy
Coordinates: 38°08′15″N 81°16′27″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyFayette
Elevation
659 ft (201 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25002
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1553716[1]
  • Postmark from Alloy
  • Post office
  • Union Carbide plant in Alloy, 1975
  • Sign at mine
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alloy, West Virginia
  2. 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. 77.
  3. ZIP Code Lookup



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