Advent, West Virginia

Advent
Unincorporated community
Advent Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°36′37″N 81°33′31″W / 38.61028°N 81.55861°W / 38.61028; -81.55861Coordinates: 38°36′37″N 81°33′31″W / 38.61028°N 81.55861°W / 38.61028; -81.55861
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Jackson
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	25231^[1]

Advent is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Advent Road southeast of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County, and near Jackson County's borders with Kanawha and Roane counties.^[2] Its elevation is 791 feet (241 m).^[3] Advent had a post office, which closed on December 25, 2010.^[4]

References

↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
↑ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Advent, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Ripley

Cities	Ravenswood Ripley

Unincorporated communities	Advent Angerona Belgrove Cottageville Crow Summit Cuba Danstown Drift Run Duncan Estar Evans Evergreen Hills Fairplain Flatwoods Fletcher Foster Chapel Frozencamp Garfield Gay Given Goldtown Hemlock Hereford Hills Crossing Independence Jones Crossing Kenna Kentuck LeRoy Liverpool‡ Lockhart Lone Cedar Loop Louther Marshall McClain Meadowdale Medina Millwood Morgan Mt. Alto Mount Moriah Mount Tell Murray Murraysville Muses Bottom Neptune Nesselroad New Era North Ravenswood Nuzums Oak Hill Odaville Parchment Valley Pleasant Hill Pleasant View Plum Orchard Polk Providence Ripley Landing Rock Castle Romance Salt Hill Sandyville Shatto Sherman Sidneyville Silverton Skidmore Skull Run Statts Mills The Y Topins Grove Utica Varner Wilding Willowdale Wiseburg Young

Ghost towns	Aplin Beatysville Browning Buffalo Edgar Huntsville July‡ Mentor Mozelle Runkle School House Willow Grove

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

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