Griffithsville, West Virginia

Griffithsville
Unincorporated community
Griffithsville
Griffithsville

Location within the state of West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°14′19″N 81°59′21″W / 38.23861°N 81.98917°W / 38.23861; -81.98917Coordinates: 38°14′19″N 81°59′21″W / 38.23861°N 81.98917°W / 38.23861; -81.98917
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Lincoln
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 25521

Griffithsville is an unincorporated community in eastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 3 southeast of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County.[1] Its elevation is 659 feet (201 m).[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 25521. It also has a Middle School, two greenhouses, and a Christmas tree farm owned and operated by Larry & Syble Wilkerson and Jeff & Landin Harper. Griffithsville wasn't always small though. In the early 1900s, Griffithsville was a booming oil town. It had boarding houses, several stores, a movie theater, and a Pennzoil pumping station.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Griffithsville, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-03-29.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup


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