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Coordinates: 37°48′3″N 80°58′9″W / 37.80083°N 80.96917°W / 37.80083; -80.96917
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Pear
Unincorporated community
Pear is located in West Virginia
Pear
Pear
Location within the state of West Virginia
Pear is located in the United States
Pear
Pear
Pear (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°48′3″N 80°58′9″W / 37.80083°N 80.96917°W / 37.80083; -80.96917
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRaleigh
Elevation
2,874 ft (876 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1742890[1]

Pear is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

John Pear Buckland, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pear, 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. 477.


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