Pickle Street, West Virginia

Pickle Street, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°1′10″N 80°41′40″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Lewis
Elevation	797 ft (243 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID	1544800[1]

Pickle Street is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States, on U.S. Route 33 along Leading Creek.[2] It is mostly a residential area, but it has an auction house.

Etymology

At a general store near Pickle Street, but before it was established, asking for pickles was a code for whiskey.^[citation needed]

References

• Coleman West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer
• Names of Towns and Cities in WV

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickle Street, West Virginia
2. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 35. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.