Kirby, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
39°10′58″N 78°43′34″W / 39.18278°N 78.72611°W / 39.18278; -78.7261126755
Kirby is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia situated along Grassy Lick Run, a tributary of North River. Kirby is located south of Romney at the crossroads of Grassy Lick Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 10) and Rock Oak Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 10/6).
An early postmaster named Kirby gave the community his name.[2]
Historic site
- Cox's Store (c. 1864)
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirby, West Virginia. Retrieved on 2008-10-30.
- ^ 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. 353.
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Municipalities and communities of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Romney
communities
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- Creekvale
- Davis Ford
- Delray
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- Donaldson
- Forks of Cacapon
- Frenchburg
- Glebe
- Good
- Grace
- Hainesville
- Hanging Rock
- Higginsville
- High View
- Hooks Mills
- Hoy
- Intermont
- Jericho
- Junction
- Kirby
- Largent
- Lehew
- Levels
- Little Cacapon
- Loom
- Mechanicsburg
- Millbrook
- Millen
- Neals Run
- Nero
- North River Mills
- Okonoko
- Pancake
- Pin Oak
- Pleasant Dale
- Points
- Purgitsville
- Rada
- Raven Rocks
- Ridgedale
- Rio
- Ruckman
- Sector
- Sedan
- Shanks
- Shiloh
- Slanesville
- South Branch Depot
- Three Churches
- Valley
- Vance
- Vanderlip
- Wappocomo
- Wickham
- Woodrow
- Yellow Spring
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