Pliny, West Virginia
| Pliny | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Pliny  Pliny Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 38°37′13″N 81°59′14″W / 38.62028°N 81.98722°WCoordinates: 38°37′13″N 81°59′14″W / 38.62028°N 81.98722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Putnam |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 25082 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1545053[1] |
Pliny is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.[1] It was named for M. Pliny Brown, an early settler.[2] The ZIP code is 25158.
Located near Pliny is Maplewood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[3]
Notable people
- Virginia Mae Brown,[4] set many "first woman" records
References
- 1 2 "Pliny". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ 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. 494.
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Certificate of Birth". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. West Virginia Vital Statictics. December 10, 1923. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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