Gem, West Virginia

Gem, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°49′45″N 80°40′03″W / 38.82917°N 80.66750°W / 38.82917; -80.66750Coordinates: 38°49′45″N 80°40′03″W / 38.82917°N 80.66750°W / 38.82917; -80.66750
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Elevation	774 ft (236 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1560647^[1]

Gem is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Gem is located on West Virginia Route 5, the CSX Railroad, and Saltlick Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Burnsville.^[2]

Early variant names were Coger Bluff and Coger Station.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gem, West Virginia
↑ Braxton County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 1. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
↑ 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. 264.

Municipalities and communities of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Sutton

Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton

Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Letch Little Birch Little Otter Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Vernon Waggy‡ Wilsie

Ghost towns	Bower Palmer Sleith

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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