Check, Virginia

Check is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. Check is located on U.S. Route 221 12.1 miles (19.5 km) northeast of Floyd. Check has a post office with ZIP code 24072, which opened on July 23, 1883.[2][3] The origin of the name "Check" is obscure.[4]

Check, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Check
Check
Coordinates: 37°02′05″N 80°09′56″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyFloyd
Elevation
2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24072
Area code(s)540
GNIS feature ID1464762[1]

Check contains a primary school, Check Elementary School, which is located in the old Check High School building.[5]

References

  1. "Check". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 141.
  5. "Check Elementary School". Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.



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