Wakenva, Virginia

Wakenva is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Wakenva in 1926, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.[2] The name of the community is a portmanteau of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia.[3]

gollark: skynet2 is also running.
gollark: Also, your screenshot shows skynet being up.
gollark: <@!113673208296636420> lives in spawn chunks so is always loaded.
gollark: (you can actually ping it, too, but only if it's *actually on*)
gollark: Don't rely on that. The skynet *relay* is not reliable.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wakenva, Virginia
  2. "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.



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