Twilight, Ohio County, West Virginia

For the community in Boone County, see Twilight, West Virginia.
Twilight, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Twilight, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Twilight, West Virginia
Twilight, West Virginia
Twilight, West Virginia is located in the United States
Twilight, West Virginia
Twilight, West Virginia
Coordinates: 40°02′10″N 80°35′36″W / 40.03611°N 80.59333°W / 40.03611; -80.59333
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyOhio
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549961[1]

Twilight is an unincorporated community along Middle Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. Twilight is located on Middle Creek Road, County Route 39, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east-southeast of Triadelphia.[2][3]

A post office was located at Twilight from 1894 to 1902, when it was discontinued, and the mail redirected to Triadelphia.[4] A 1902 USGS topographical survey map shows about ten houses or other buildings at Twilight;[2] there were about sixteen in 1997.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Twilight". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b United States Geological Survey Topographical Survey Map, West Virginia–Ohio–Pennsylvania, Wheeling Quadrangle (ed. Oct. 1902).
  3. ^ a b United States Geological Survey, Topographical Survey Map, West Virginia-Pennsylvania, Valley Grove Quadrangle (1997).
  4. ^ United States Post Office Department, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–1971, NARA Microfilm Publication M841, West Virginia, Ohio County, pp. 277, 278.


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