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Meeker, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°27′58″N 80°47′16″W / 39.46611°N 80.78778°W / 39.46611; -80.78778
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Meeker
Meeker is located in West Virginia
Meeker
Meeker
Location within the state of West Virginia
Meeker is located in the United States
Meeker
Meeker
Meeker (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°27′58″N 80°47′16″W / 39.46611°N 80.78778°W / 39.46611; -80.78778
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyTyler
Elevation
768 ft (234 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1555103[1]

Meeker is an unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office [2] is closed.

Meeker Wilford Watters, an early postmaster, gave the town his name.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meeker, West Virginia
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meeker WV post office
  3. ^ 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. 409.