Reader, West Virginia
Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States
39°34′8″N 80°43′58″W / 39.56889°N 80.73278°W / 39.56889; -80.73278[1]
(2010)[2]
Reader is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 397.[2]
Reader got its start circa 1901 when the railroad was extended to that point.[3] The community took its name from nearby Reader Run creek.[3]
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ a b 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. 522.
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Municipalities and communities of Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: New Martinsville
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- Hundred
- Pine Grove
- Smithfield
- Jacksonburg
- Littleton
- Reader
communities
- Allister
- Anthem
- Archer
- Bane
- Barker
- Bebee
- Big Run
- Brink‡
- Brooklyn
- Burchfield
- Burton
- Carbide
- Childs
- Coburn
- Earnshaw
- Fairview
- Fanlight
- Far
- Folsom
- Four Mile
- Galmish
- Green Hill
- Hastings
- Hazel
- Hoyt
- King
- Knob Fork
- Kodol
- Mand
- Marion
- Maud
- Minnie
- Mobley
- Porters Falls
- Proctor
- Rockport
- Round Bottom
- Sincerity
- Van Camp
- Veto
- Vincen‡
- West
- Wheat
- Wileyville
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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