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Coordinates: 37°32′21″N 81°12′00″W / 37.53917°N 81.20000°W / 37.53917; -81.20000
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m I've looked in LOC newspapers, Google Books, Wikipedia Library, NYT, Google, and this is just a real small spot in rural West Virginia. I think this article is about as much as there will be, absent new developments. Removing stub tags.
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Revision as of 14:09, 30 July 2022

Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia is located in the United States
Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°32′21″N 81°12′00″W / 37.53917°N 81.20000°W / 37.53917; -81.20000
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesMercer and Raleigh
Elevation
2,972 ft (906 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549668[1]
Small church, no regular services, open on a summer day.
Primitive Baptist Church, established 1907

Egeria is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Raleigh counties, West Virginia, United States. Egeria is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-northeast of Matoaka. The 1881 guide to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lists a blacksmith, two cabinetmakers or undertakers, a general store, a machinist, corn or flour mill, sawmill, and nine "principal farmers".[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Egeria, West Virginia
  2. ^ Chataigne, J. H., ed. (1881). Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directory, Containing an Illustrated History and Description of the Road, Together With Improvements and Connections Already Completed and those in Contemplation; …. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Retrieved 18 July 2022.