Guardian, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

38°38′10″N 80°27′59″W / 38.63611°N 80.46639°W / 38.63611; -80.46639CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty WebsterElevation

1,089 ft (332 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1539778^[1]

Guardian is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Guardian is located along the Right Fork Holly River and West Virginia Route 15, 11.4 miles (18.3 km) north-northwest of Webster Springs.^[2]

History

Guardian had a post office, which closed on February 1, 1988.^[3] The community took its name from the local Guardian Coal and Oil Company.^[4]

Guardian was previously known as Removal from the 1880s until 1937 when the post office named changed to Guardian. Guardian was also referred to as Middleport in early postal records. The history of the town is exhaustively set out in a two volume book set Removal Reflections: A History of Guardian/Removal, West Virginia, published in 2002 and 2015.^[5]

References

^ "Guardian". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Webster County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
^ 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. 286.
^ Hall, Jeffrey L (2002). Removal reflections: a history of Removal/Guardian, West Virginia. Diana, WV: Jeffrey L. Hall. OCLC 56984196.