Lightburn, West Virginia

Lightburn, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Lightburn is located in West Virginia
Lightburn
Lightburn
Location within the state of West Virginia
Lightburn is located in the United States
Lightburn
Lightburn
Lightburn (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°7′33″N 80°27′4″W / 39.12583°N 80.45111°W / 39.12583; -80.45111
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyLewis
Elevation
1,010 ft (310 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1554952[1]

Lightburn is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office [2] is closed.

The community was named in honor of Union Army general Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lightburn, West Virginia
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lightburn WV post office (11-Mar-1997)
  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. 373.


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