Big Stick, West Virginia

Big Stick
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°41′45″N 81°15′12″W / 37.69583°N 81.25333°W / 37.69583; -81.25333Coordinates: 37°41′45″N 81°15′12″W / 37.69583°N 81.25333°W / 37.69583; -81.25333
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Big Stick is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.^[1] It lies along County Route 3/2, beside Winding Gulf. This community is part of the Winding Gulf Coalfield in Raleigh County.

Name

This community got its name from Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy, which was based on a West African proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

References

↑ "Big Stick". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Municipalities and communities of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Beckley
City	Beckley
Towns	Lester Mabscott Rhodell Sophia
CDPs	Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Crab Orchard Daniels Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen MacArthur Piney View Prosperity Shady Spring Stanaford
Unincorporated communities	Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Beckley Junction Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bob Bone Lick Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Colcord Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dillon Dameron Dorothy Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria‡ Emerson Eunice Epperly‡ Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor McAlpin McCreery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview‡ Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill‡ Princewick Raleigh Redbird Riley Rock Creek Rodes Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Sprague Stickney Stonecoal Junction Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Terry Junction Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada
Ghost towns	Big Stick Cedar Hot Coal Killarney McVey Pickshin Pinepoca Sylvia Tamroy White Stick Willibet Woodbay
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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