Big Isaac, West Virginia
Big Isaac, West Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Big Isaac Big Isaac | |
Coordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°WCoordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Doddridge |
Elevation | 984 ft (300 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
GNIS feature ID | 1535868[1] |
Big Isaac is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Big Isaac is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Salem, along Laurel Run, a headwaters tributary of Meathouse Fork.[2] The Big Isaac Post Office[3] closed on December 31, 1962.[4]
According to tradition, the community has the name of Periue "Big" Isaac, an early settler noted for his especially large shoe size.[5]
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References
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed 2013-12-14
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Isaac Post Office
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.
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