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Coordinates: 38°46′49″N 80°19′12″W / 38.78028°N 80.32000°W / 38.78028; -80.32000
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Gaines
Unincorporated community
Gaines is located in West Virginia
Gaines
Gaines
Location within the state of West Virginia
Gaines is located in the United States
Gaines
Gaines
Gaines (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°46′49″N 80°19′12″W / 38.78028°N 80.32000°W / 38.78028; -80.32000
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyUpshur
Elevation
1,732 ft (528 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1554522[1]

Gaines is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

The community was named in honor of U.S. Representative Joseph H. Gaines.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaines, 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. 258.


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