Pie, West Virginia

Pie, West Virginia
—  Unincorporated community  —
Pie, West Virginia
Coordinates:
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Mingo
Elevation 1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1555339[1]

Pie is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Pie is located on U.S. Route 52 along Pigeon Creek; the community lies along the road for 3 miles (4.8 km), from Horsepen Mountain to Grants Branch. According to Pie's 1933 postmaster, the community was named by Leonard Blankenship, a resident "who really like[d] pie, regardless of kind".[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pie, West Virginia
  2. ^ Loeb, Penny (2007). Moving Mountains: How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice From Big Coal. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 306.