Looneyville, West Virginia
| Looneyville | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Looneyville  Looneyville Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 38°39′52″N 81°18′11″W / 38.66444°N 81.30306°WCoordinates: 38°39′52″N 81°18′11″W / 38.66444°N 81.30306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Roane |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 25259 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1549798[1] |
Looneyville is an unincorporated community on Flat Creek of the Pocatalico River in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. It is on West Virginia Route 36. The community is named for Robert Looney, a pioneer settler.[2] The post office [3] was established in 1870.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Looneyville, West Virginia
- ↑ 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. 384.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Looneyville WV post office
- ↑ Looneyville, WV, Postmark
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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