Caress, West Virginia

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Caress
Unincorporated community
Caress Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°42′16″N 80°32′57″W / 38.70444°N 80.54917°W / 38.70444; -80.54917Coordinates: 38°42′16″N 80°32′57″W / 38.70444°N 80.54917°W / 38.70444; -80.54917
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549620^[1]

Caress is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office ^[2] is closed.

Toponymy

Caress appears to be the only place in the United States with this name.^{[citation needed]} It was named by its first postmaster, Harrison Mollohan, for no particular reason after the Post Office Department rejected the name "Hall".^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caress, West Virginia
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caress WV post office

v t e 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 Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Joppa Letch Little Birch Little Otter Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Waggy‡ Wilsie

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

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