West Columbia, West Virginia

West Columbia is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, USA. West Columbia is located on the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 62 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mason. West Columbia has a post office with ZIP code 25287.[2]

West Columbia, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
West Columbia, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°58′59″N 82°03′49″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMason
Elevation
571 ft (174 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25287
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555941[1]

The community most likely was named after Columbia, the female personification of the United States of America.[3]

Infrastructure

The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation operates the women's prison Lakin Correctional Center in Lakin, near West Columbia.[4]

Notable people
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gollark: Look at the "color rendering index"?
gollark: If I remember the thermal energy formula right, then it's proportional to mass and the bigger one has more.
gollark: For now anyway.
gollark: How is a car more convenient than trains? You have to manually drive it.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Columbia, West Virginia
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  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. pp. 665–666.
  4. "Lakin Correctional Center and Jail." West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on November 17, 2018. "11264 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, WV 25287 (Mason County)"



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