Lawford, West Virginia

Lawford is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[2]

Lawford
Unincorporated community
Lawford
Location within the state of West Virginia
Lawford
Lawford (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°04′07″N 80°56′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRitchie
Elevation
823 ft (251 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1554922[1]

History

The community was named after Asby Poole Law (1823-1868), a pioneer settler.[3] He arrived with his family in 1848 and settled on a farm originally cleared by Joshua Smith in 1840.[4] A post office called Lawford was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1943.[5]

gollark: Which probably means high premiums, which means people won't buy it and then complain when something bad happens.
gollark: Pandemic insurance which didn't run on the government strategy of "just borrow tons of money and hope it doesn't break things" would need lots of money saved.
gollark: Same here with "national insurance", allegedly, but it just goes into the main government moneypile.
gollark: They give you money if you're unemployed *maybe* subject to some preconditions because government, and you *maybe* pay taxes (here, people below a certain income don't).
gollark: It doesn't actually work like that exactly.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lawford, West Virginia
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lawford, West Virginia
  3. 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. 362. (The book misspells Asby as "Asberry".)
  4. History of Ritchie County: With Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and with Interesting Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Indian Times by Minnie Kendall Lowther, Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling, W.Va. (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV); pg 264.
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 May 2016.



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