True, West Virginia

True, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
True, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°34′50″N 80°56′10″W / 37.58056°N 80.93611°W / 37.58056; -80.93611Coordinates: 37°34′50″N 80°56′10″W / 37.58056°N 80.93611°W / 37.58056; -80.93611
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Elevation	2,461 ft (750 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1549960^[1]

True is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. True is located near West Virginia Route 20, south of Hinton.

History

The name True is derived from the petition for a community post office, which concluded with the line "Now this is true".^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: True, West Virginia
↑ Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. p. 355.

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

County seat: Hinton

City	Hinton

Unincorporated communities	Ballengee‡ Bargers Springs Barksdale Barnettown Bellepoint Bertha Beurytown Brooklin Brooks Browning Buck Carew Claypool Clayton Crossroads Crumps Bottom Ellison Ellison Ridge Elton Farley Forest Hill Glenray Green Sulphur Springs Griffith Creek Hill Top Hilldale Hix Indian Mills Judson Jumping Branch Lick Creek Lockbridge Lowell Mandeville Marie Meadow Creek Mountview‡ Neponset Nimitz Pence Springs Pipestem Ramp Riffe Sandstone Santafee Seminole Streeter Suck Creek Talcott Tempa True Valley Heights Wiggins

Ghost towns	Egypt Junta Lilly Mercers Saltworks Tina Warford

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

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