Burnt_House,_West_Virginia

Burnt House, West Virginia

Burnt House, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Burnt House is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Burnt House is located on West Virginia Route 47 and Grass Run, 11.8 miles (19.0 km) south-southeast of Harrisville.[2] The Burnt House Post Office closed 5/23/1986.[3]

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The community's name recalls a tavern which burned at the town site circa 1840.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Burnt House". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Ritchie County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. [3]
    http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm%5B%5D
  4. [4]
    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. 144.


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