Alloy, West Virginia

38°08′15″N 81°16′27″W / 38.13750°N 81.27417°W / 38.13750; -81.27417CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCountyFayetteElevation659 ft (201 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codeArea codes304 & 681GNIS feature ID1553716^[1]

Alloy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alloy is located along the Kanawha River and U.S. Route 60, 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge. Alloy was originally known as Boncar (anagram of carbon) until the mid-1930s. Both the original placename and the current placename refer to the ferroalloy plant^[2] that still operates here (producing about 30% of all the silicon metal in North America). The metals plant was originally the Electro Metallurgical Co.; a unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Alloy has a post office with ZIP code 25002.^[3]

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  Postmark from Alloy
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  Post office
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  Union Carbide plant in Alloy, 1975
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  Sign at mine

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