Spilman, West Virginia

Spilman, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°58′44″N 82°04′34″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Mason
Established	1887
Named for	Henry E. Spilman
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1547148[1]

Spilman is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The village is located along Spilman Lane, Mason County Route 62/24, parallel to West Virginia Route 62 in Waggener District, about three quarters of a mile southeast of West Columbia.[2]

Spilman grew around the site of a post office established in 1887, and named after its first postmaster, Henry E. Spilman, who ran the post office from 1887 to 1909. The post office continued to operate until 1925, when it was discontinued, and the mail redirected to West Columbia.[3][4] A 1908 USGS topographical survey map shows about two dozen houses or other buildings at Spilman; there were only half as many in 1989, all to the west of Spilman Church.[5]

References

1. "Spilman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. United States Geological Survey Topographical Survey Map, West Virginia-Ohio, Point Pleasant Quadrangle (ed. Sept. 1908).
3. United States Post Office Department, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–1971, NARA Microfilm Publication M841, West Virginia, Mason County, p. 485.
4. "Spilman Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
5. United States Geological Survey, Topographical Survey Map, West Virginia-Ohio, Cheshire Quadrangle (1968, rev. 1989).