Job, West Virginia

Job, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Job, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Job, West Virginia
Job, West Virginia
Job, West Virginia is located in the United States
Job, West Virginia
Job, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°51′51″N 79°33′25″W / 38.86417°N 79.55694°W / 38.86417; -79.55694
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRandolph
Elevation
[1]
2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26274
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1551576[1]

Job is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southwest of Harman and is situated where Stink Run enters the Dry Fork Cheat River. The earliest settler there was Thomas Summerfield, who came in 1784.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Job, West Virginia
  2. ^ Maxwell, Hu (1898). The History of Randolph County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1961). p. 415.


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