Teays, West Virginia
| Teays | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Teays Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 38°26′30″N 81°57′10″W / 38.44167°N 81.95278°WCoordinates: 38°26′30″N 81°57′10″W / 38.44167°N 81.95278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Putnam |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 25569 |
Teays, written Seays until about 1884, is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, USA. The town is centered on the former general store / post office on Teays Lane, which sits across from the site of the Teays, WV railroad depot which was demolished in the mid-1900s.
Teays is a namesake and part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley, which was in turn named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity. It is apparently the only place in the United States with this name.
Geologist William G. Tight (1865 – 1910) named the preglacial Teays River after Teays, which lies in the "riverless" Teays Valley that used to be the bottom of the river.[1]
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The former Teays, WV general store / post office.
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Walter (1983-11-29). "A Great Lost River Gets Its Due". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
[William G. Tight] called it the Teays (pronounced taze) River, for a village in West Virginia.
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