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Carlisle, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°57′40″N 81°10′49″W / 37.96111°N 81.18028°W / 37.96111; -81.18028
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Carlisle, West Virginia
Oakwood coal company store at Carlisle
Oakwood coal company store at Carlisle
Carlisle is located in West Virginia
Carlisle
Carlisle
Carlisle is located in the United States
Carlisle
Carlisle
Coordinates: 37°57′40″N 81°10′49″W / 37.96111°N 81.18028°W / 37.96111; -81.18028
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyFayette
Elevation
1,781 ft (543 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1554074[1]

Carlisle is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Carlisle is located on West Virginia Route 612, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Oak Hill.

The community takes its name after Carlisle, England, the ancestral home of an early settler.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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. 156.