Tioga, West Virginia
Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States
38°25′13″N 80°39′21″W / 38.42028°N 80.65583°W / 38.42028; -80.65583[1]
(2010)[2]
Tioga is a census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 98.[2] The town is located along a road alternatively called Tioga Road (County Route 3) in Nicholas County and Strouds Creek Road (County Route 11) in Webster County. The road can be accessed from West Virginia Route 20 in Allingdale and West Virginia Route 55 near Craigsville. However, Google Maps didn't bother to try mapping Tioga.
The community was named after Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the native home of several local lumbermen.[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.
- ^ 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. 626.
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Municipalities and communities of Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Summersville
- Belva‡
- Birch River
- Craigsville
- Dixie‡
- Fenwick
- Nettie
- Tioga
communities
- Allingdale
- Bays
- Bentree‡
- Bruce
- Calvin
- Cambria
- Canvas
- Carl
- Coe
- Cottle
- Curtin
- Donald
- Drennen
- Enon
- Gilboa
- Green Valley
- Holcomb
- Hominy Falls
- Hookersville
- Keslers Cross Lanes
- Kirkwood
- Leivasy
- Lockwood
- Morris
- Mt. Lookout
- Mount Nebo
- Muddlety
- Nallen‡
- New Hope
- Odell Town
- Persinger
- Poe
- Pool
- Runa
- Snow Hill
- Swiss
- Tolbert
- Vaughan
- Waggy‡
- Werth
- Woodbine
- Zela
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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