Pie, West Virginia

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Pie, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Pie, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°39′12″N 82°01′32″W / 37.65333°N 82.02556°W / 37.65333; -82.02556Coordinates: 37°39′12″N 82°01′32″W / 37.65333°N 82.02556°W / 37.65333; -82.02556
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)
ZIP codes 25689
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. p. 306. 


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