Princewick, West Virginia
Princewick is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
Princewick | |
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 Princewick Missionary Church, Princewick, West Virginia | |
  Princewick Location within the state of West Virginia  Princewick Princewick (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°39′43″N 81°13′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Raleigh |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1555414[1] |
Princewick was laid out in 1916 when the railroad (Stone Coal Division of the Virginian Railroad [2]) was extended to that point.[3] The community's name is an amalgamation of Isaac Prince and Thomas Wickham.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Princewick, West Virginia
- Lucile Justice, Post master 1938
- 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. 508.
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