Amma, West Virginia

Amma
Unincorporated community
Amma Show map of West Virginia Amma Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°34′7″N 81°15′56″W / 38.56861°N 81.26556°W / 38.56861; -81.26556Coordinates: 38°34′7″N 81°15′56″W / 38.56861°N 81.26556°W / 38.56861; -81.26556
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Roane
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Amma is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 722 feet (220 m).^[1]

Amma was named after the daughter of a settler.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amma, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-02-01.
↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 79.

Municipalities and communities of Roane County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Spencer
City	Spencer
Town	Reedy
Unincorporated communities	Alvord Amma Billings Bright Buffalo Lick Cicerone Clio Clover Cotton Countsville Depue Elana Flatfork Gandeeville Grace Graux Harmony Iola Jingo Kester Kettle Lattimer Leaning Oak Left Hand Linden Liverpool‡ Looneyville Morning Star Mount Olive Nancy Run Newton Osbornes Mills Otto Patsey Peniel Pigeon Red Knob Reedyville Roxalana Ryan Shad Slate Speed Stringtown Sunflower Tariff Triplett Uler Vicars Virgil Wallback‡ Walton Zona
Ghost towns	Higby July‡ Leo Mattie Pad Woodyard
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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