Boyer, West Virginia

Boyer, West Virginia
Boyer, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
	Boyer, West Virginia Boyer, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Pocahontas
Elevation	2,680 ft (820 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553957

Boyer is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Boyer is located on state routes 28 and 92, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Durbin.

The community was named for a businessperson in the lumber industry.^[2]

Notable person

Opal Wilcox Barron was born here on September 19, 1914. She became the First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyer, West Virginia
^ 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. 127.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyer, West Virginia

[2] 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. 127.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Marlinton
Towns	Durbin Hillsboro Marlinton	Map of West Virginia highlighting Pocahontas County
CDPs	Arbovale Bartow Cass Frank Green Bank Huntersville
Unincorporated communities	Beard Beard Heights Boyer Braucher Brownsburg Buckeye Burner Burnsides Burr Campbelltown Clawson Clover Lick Deer Creek Denmar Dilleys Mill Droop Dunmore Edray Frost Harter Hosterman Jacox Kennison Knapp Linwood Lobelia Locust Mace May Mill Point Minnehaha Springs Nida Nottingham Olive Onoto Raintown Raywood Rimel Seebert Sitlington Slaty Fork Snowshoe Spice Stillwell Stony Bottom Thornwood Thorny Creek Violet Walnut Wanless Warwick Watoga West Union Wildell Woodrow
Ghost towns	Gertrude Mill Run Spruce Sunset
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Boyer, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W / 38.48889; -79.80056
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Pocahontas
Elevation	2,680 ft (820 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553957^[1]