Backus, West Virginia

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Backus
Unincorporated community
Backus Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°51′15″N 80°58′29″W / 37.85417°N 80.97472°W / 37.85417; -80.97472Coordinates: 37°51′15″N 80°58′29″W / 37.85417°N 80.97472°W / 37.85417; -80.97472
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Fayette
Elevation	2,497 ft (761 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS ID	1553774^[1]

Backus is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia. It was also known as Naoma and War Ridge.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Backus, West Virginia

v t e Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Fayetteville

Cities	Montgomery‡ Mount Hope Oak Hill Smithers‡

Towns	Ansted Fayetteville Gauley Bridge Meadow Bridge Pax Thurmond

CDPs	Beards Fork Boomer Charlton Heights Deep Water Dixie‡ Falls View Glen Ferris Glen Jean Hico Hilltop Kimberly Kincaid Minden Mount Carbon Page Powellton Prince Scarbro

Unincorporated communities	Agnew Alloy Alta Ames Babcock Bachman Backus Beauty Beckwith Beelick Knob Bellwood Belva‡ Beury Big Right Hand Boone Boonesborough Bowlin Brooklyn Brown Bryce Cannelton Carbondale Caperton Carlisle Chestnut Knob Chimney Corner Claremont Clifftop Coalfield Collinsdale Columbia Concho Corliss Cotton Hill Crescent Crickmer Cunard Danese Dempsey Derryhale Dewitt Dimmock Divide Donwood Dothan Dubree Dunloup Eagle East Kingston Elkridge Elverton Export Fayette Finlow Fire Creek Gamoca Gaymont Glade Grayden Greenstown Hamilton Harewood Harvey Hemlock Hilton Village Honeydew Hopewell Ingram Branch Jenky Jodie Kanawha Falls Keeneys Creek Kilsyth Kingston KM Junction Landisburg Lansing Laurel Creek Lawton Layland Lee Lively Lick Fork Lochgelly Longacre Long Branch Lookout Lucas MacDonald Mahan Maplewood Marting Marvel Maywood Meadow Fork McDunn McKendree Medo Midway Milburn Montgomery Heights Mossy Mount Olive Mulvane Nallen‡ Newlyn Newtown North Page Nuttall Oak Ridge Old Gauley Packs Branch Pine Grove Powellton Price Hill‡ Prudence Quinnimont Ramsey Ravenseye Redstar Red Spring Robson Romont Roseville Rush Run Russellville Salem Sanger Shawver‡ Sewell Spring Dale Stone Cliff Sturgeon Branch Summerlee Sun Sunnyside Surbaugh Thayer Turkey Knob Vanetta Victor Westerly Whipple Willis Branch Wingrove Winona Wriston Wyndal

Ghost towns	Alaska Carver Deitz Ephram Erskine Greenwood Kay Moor Michigan Mincar Nuttallburg Pennbrook Red Ash Whitney

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

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