Pliny, West Virginia

Pliny
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°37′13″N 81°59′14″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Mason
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25082
GNIS feature ID	1545053[1]

Pliny is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.[1] It was named for M. Pliny Brown, an early settler.[2] The ZIP code is 25158.

Located near Pliny is Maplewood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[3]

Notable person

• Virginia Mae Brown,[4] set many "first woman" records

References

1. "Pliny". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. 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. 494.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
4. "Certificate of Birth". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. West Virginia Vital Statictics. December 10, 1923. Retrieved December 7, 2013.